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Jamaica Observer: Ramone Bailey elated at attaining qualifying mark
BY PAUL A REID
Observer writer
If Saturday's third day of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA)/Puma National Senior Championships at the National Stadium needed any additional drama, Ramone Bailey stepped up in the long jump and on his final attempt, landed in the sand at 8.16m, just one centimetre over the World Championships qualifying mark.
The ensuing celebrations would have rivalled a gold medal revelry at the Olympic Games or World Championships, as all of the other competitors — including five-time defending champion Demar Forbes, who would lose for the first time at a Senior Championships — celebrated the achievement.
The 25-year-old former Wolmer's Boys' School athlete who had a previous personal best of 7.50m set in 2015 while attending Texas Christian University, (TCU) told the Jamaica Observer that he came to the stadium with one thing in mind — to jump far.
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