Jamaica (Jamaica Observer) – AFTER missing out on the team to the Paris Olympics last summer, 2021 Olympic bronze medallist Megan Tapper says she’s intent on proving her critics wrong and will make a statement at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships in September.
The 31-year-old had a decent showing at the Miami leg of Grand Slam Track over the weekend, after coming in as a last-minute replacement for Puerto Rico’s Olympic gold medallist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn in the women’s short hurdles.
Tapper, in her GST debut, clocked a season’s best 12.50 seconds for fifth in the 100m hurdles on Friday but returned on Saturday with a second-place finish in the flat 100m with a personal best 11.33 — behind fellow Jamaican Ackera Nugent (11.09).
Tapper’s effort in the 100m hurdles is her fastest time since September 2023 and also the fastest she’s ever gone at this stage of the year throughout her entire career.
