MORE THAN 190 ATHLETES FROM CENTRO CARIBE SPORTS MEMBER COUNTRIES WILL COMPETE AT BUDAPEST 2023

With the participation of 184 athletes in individual events and 11 relay teams, the XIX World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 will start this Saturday, in the capital of Hungary, where several athletes come from winning medals in the XXIV Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador 2023.

Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, defending World Champion in the Triple Jump, has looking for becoming the first competitor to win four consecutive world titles, Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic, will seek glory in the women’s 400 meters, while Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, aims to continue writing a great history for his country’s athletics.

Other medalists of the San Salvador 2023 Games who will be in Budapest 2023 are Pablo Ibañez of El Salvador in the 400m hurdles, as well as Emanuel Archibald of Guyana in the 100m, Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago in the 400m, and the spectacular Joselyn Brea of Venezuela in the 5000m.

Also competing in Budapest 2023 will be the World youth runner-up in the Long Jump, Natalia Linares of Colombia, as well as Ayden Owens-Delerme in the Decathlon from Puerto Rico, who finished fourth in the 2022 World Championships, and Alejandra Ortega of Mexico, who will compete in the 35 km.

More than two thousand athletes from more than 200 nations have registered for this event, who will seek the minimum mark in their events to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where some ten competitors have qualified for the Parisian event from the last Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador 2023.

Those who arrive at Budapest 2023 with a ticket to Paris 2024 from San Salvador 2023, are Yulimar Rojas, Lázaro Martínez, Liadagmis Povea, Leyanis Pérez, Marileidy Paulino, Alexander Ogando, Jereem Richards, Michael Joseph, Natalia Linares and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.

Below is the list of athletes and their events at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023:

100M

Cejhae Greene (Antigua and Barbuda)

Terrence Jones (Bahamas)

Brandon Jones (Belize)

Ronal Longa (Colombia)

Emanuel Archibald (Guyana)    

Melique Garcia (Honduras)

Ackeem Blake, Ryiem Forde, Oblique Seville and Rohan Watson (Jamaica)

Anthonique Strachan (Bahamas)*

Yunisleidy de la Cruz Garcia (Cuba)*

Halle Hazzard (Grenada)

Shashalee Forbes, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson (200M), Natasha Morrison and Briana Wilson (Jamaica)

Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia)*

Michelle-Lee Ahye and Leah Bertrand (Trinidad and Tobago)

^{*Will compete in the 200M}

200M

Alexander Ogando (Dominican Republic)

Rasheed Dwyer and Andrew Hudson (Jamaica)

Yeykell Romero (Nicaragua)

Alonso Edward (Panama)

Nadale Buntin (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Kevona Davis, Ashanti Moore and Natalliah Whyte (Jamaica)

Cecilia Tamayo-Garza (Mexico)

400M

Steven Gardiner and Alonzo Russell (Bahamas)

Desean Boyce and Jonathan Jones (Barbados)

Anthony Zambrano (Colombia)

Kirani James (Grenada)

Sean Bailey, Zandrion Barnes, Rusheen McDonald and Antonio Watson (Jamaica)

Michael Joseph (Saint Lucia)

Jereem Richards (Trinidad and Tobago)

Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas)

Sada Williams (Barbados)

Evelis Jazmin Aguilar (Colombia)

Roxana Gomez (Cuba)

Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic)

Aliyah Abrams (Guyana)

Candice McLeod, Nickisha Pryce and Cherokee Young (Jamaica)

Paola Moran (Mexico)

Gabby Scott (Puerto Rico)

800M

Justice Dreisechor (Aruba)

Navasky Anderson (Jamaica)

John Rivera and Ryan Sanchez (Puerto Rico)

Handal Roban (Saint Vincent)

Rose Mary Almanzar (Cuba)

Natoya Goule-Toppin and Adelle Tracey** (Jamaica)

^{**Will compete in the 1500M}

1500M

Rob Napolitano (Puerto Rico)

Alma Delia Cortes (Mexico)

5000M

Luis Grijalva (Guatemala)

Laura Galvan (Mexico)

Joselyn Brea (Venezuela)

MARATHON

Patricio Castillo, Hesiquio Flores, Jose Luis Santana, Citlali Moscote, Risper Gesabwa and Argentina Valdepenas (Mexico)

Beverly Ramos (Puerto Rico)

100M HURDLES

Devynne Charlton (Bahamas)

Amoi Brown, Ackera Nugent, Megan Tapper and Danielle Williams (Jamaica)

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico)

110M HURDLES

Rasheem Brown (Cayman Islands)

Yves Cherubin (Haiti)

Orlando Bennett, Rasheed Broadbell, Tyler Mason and Hansle Parchmeb (Jamaica)

400M HURDLES

Shakeem Hall-Smith (Bahamas)

Gerald Drummond (Costa Rica)

Pablo Ibanez (El Salvador)

Malique Smith (Virgin Islands)

Kyron McMaster (British Virgin Islands)

Roshawn Clarke, Jaheel Hyde, Assinie Wilson, Rushell Clayton, Andrenette Knight, Janieve Russell and Shiann Salmon (Jamaica)

Zurian Hechevarria (Cuba)

Gianna Woodruff (Panama)

Yanique Haye-Smith (Turks and Caicos Islands)

HIGH JUMP

Donald Thomas (Bahamas)

Luis Zayas (Cuba)

Romaine Beckford, Lamara Distin and Kimberly Wiliamson (Jamaica)

Erik Portillo and Edgar Rivera (Mexico)

Luis Castro (Puerto Rico)

POLE VAULT

Eduardo Napoles (Cuba)

Robeilys Peinado (Venezuela)

LONG JUMP

LaQuan Nairn (Bahamas)

Alejandro Parada (Cuba)

Tajay Gayle, Carey McLeod, Wayne Pinnock, Tissanna Hickling and Ackelia Smith (Jamaica)

Natalia Linares (Colombia)

TRIPLE JUMP

Charisma Taylor (Bahamas)

Jah-Nhai Perinchief (Bermuda)

Geiner Moreno (Colombia)

Lazaro Martinez, Cristian Napoles, Leyanis Perez and Liagadmis Povea (Cuba)

Thea LaFond (Dominica)

Jaydon Hibbert, Shanieka Ricketts, Ackelia Smith and Kimberly Williams (Jamaica)

Leodan Torrealba and Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela)

SHOT PUT

Rosa Santana (Dominican Republic)

Rajindra Campbell and Danielle Thomas-Dodd (Jamaica)

Uziel Munoz (Mexico)

DISCUS THROW

Mauricio Ortega (Colombia)

Mario A. Diaz and Silinda Onsisi Morales (Cuba)

Fedrick Dacres, Traves Smikle, Roje Stona and Samantha Hall (Jamaica)

HAMMER THROW

Yasmani Fernandez and Ronald Mencia (Cuba)

Diego del Real (Mexico)

Jerome Vega (Puerto Rico)

Mayra Gaviria (Colombia)

Nayoka Clunis (Jamaica)

Rosa Rodriguez (Venezuela)

JAVELIN THROW

Anderson Peters (Grenada)

Rhema Otabor (Bahamas)

Maria Lucelly Murillo and Flor Ruiz (Colombia)

Keshron Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago)

HEPTATHLON

Martha Araujo (Colombia)

DECATHLON

Ayden Owens-Delerme (Puerto Rico)

20KM RACE WALK

Lorena Arenas, Eider Arevalo and Cesar Alberto Herrera (Colombia)

Alegna Gonzalez, Valeria Ortuno, Sofie Ramos, Noel Chama, Jose Luis Doctor and Andres Olivas (Mexico)

Maritza Poncio (Guatemala)

Rachelle de Orbeta (Puerto Rico)

35KM RACE WALK

Anabelly Orjuela, Eider Arevalo, Jose Montana and Juan Jose Soto (Colombia)

Ilse Guerrrero, Alejandra Ortega, Jose Leyver, Ricardo Ortiz and Ever Jair Palma Olivares (Mexico)

4×100 METERS RELAY

Jamaica (men and women)

Trinidad and Tobago (men and women)

Cuba (women)

4×400 METERS RELAY

Jamaica (men, women and mixed)

Trinidad and Tobago (men)

Cuba (women)

Dominican Republic (mixed)