Pryce leads six-strong Jamaica charge in Oslo

National 400 metres champion Nickisha Pryce heads six Jamaicans down to compete at today's Oslo Bislett Games in Norway, the sixth leg of the Wanda Diamond League series.

   Pryce will take to the track at 1:04 p.m. Jamaica time. She is coming off a third-place finish in her last outing in Rome, Italy, following up on her win in Shanghai, where she clocked a season's best 49.75 seconds. Today, she will go up against Norway's Henriette Jaeger, who won in Rome in 49.60, and Lurdes Manuel of the Czech Republic, who was second in 49.77.    Rushell Clayton will be the other Jamaican on the track today when she competes in the penultimate event, the women's 400m hurdles at 2:39 p.m. Clayton is coming off a third-place finish in Rome, where she clocked a season's best 53.14. Here, she will line up against world and Diamond League leader Emma Zapletalova of Slovakia, who has a season's best 52.58. Gianna Woodruff of Panama, who has run 53.58 this season, will also be in the event.

Four Jamaicans will be involved in the field events, with three in the jumps and one in the throws. Leading the jumpers will be world leader in the men's triple jump Jordan Scott, along with Jaydon Hibbert. Scott, the world leader with 17.66m, was second in Rome with 17.33m, while Hibbert was third with 17.02m. They will once again battle Italy's Andy Hernandez Diaz, who was the winner in Rome with a season's best 17.59m.

World Championships representative Ackelia Smith will make her season's debut in the women's triple jump, where she will face a very strong line-up. The field includes the Cuban  Leyanis Perez Hernandez, the  Tokyo World champion,  and Liadagmis Povea, the 2025 World Indoor silver medallist. Thea LaFond of Dominica, the Paris Olympic Games gold medallist, will also compete in the event.

Danniel Thomas-Dodd will close out the Jamaican competitors at the meet when she contests the shot put. She will be hoping to bounce back from a disappointing performance in Stockholm, where she finished sixth with 18.56m after registering only one legal throw.

   Following her 200m win over world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the United States in Rome, St Lucia's Julien Alfred will go for another victory today when she contests the 100m in a bid  to improve on her season's best 10.93.