World Championship relay gold medallist already back in training after car accident
A motor vehicle accident in Florida last week has not slowed World Championship sprint relay gold medallist Jonielle Smith too much as the Jamaican is already back in training ahead of her bid to make the team to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
According to reports, the vehicle Smith was driving, was rear ended, causing a spin that led to a second collision.
Though the car was badly damaged, it was reported that neither Smith, nor the two family members she was travelling with, were badly injured.
Smith, a standout at high school for Wolmer’s Girls in Jamaica’s biggest track and field championships, ran the third leg on Jamaica’s gold medal 4x100-metre team at the IAAF World Championships of Athletics in Doha, Qatar last year and finished sixth in the 100-metre final there.
Smith also recently graduated from Auburn University where she also had a more-than-creditable time on the track.