Maurice Wilson - File

MOSCOW, Russia:

Jamaica's technical leader at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Maurice Wilson, has lauded the efforts of the team so far in the Russian capital and pointed to the two-medal haul in the men's 100m final as a vibe-booster among the young squad.

This is one of Jamaica's youngest team at a senior international championships, but Wilson is liking what he has seen so far from the squad, which he says, has been boosted by the results of Sunday's men's 100m final, which saw Usain Bolt taking the gold in 9.77 seconds and Nesta Carter securing the silver medal in 9.95.

top five

American Justin Gatlin was third, but two other Jamaicans were in the top five - Kemar Bailey-Cole and Nickel Ashmeade, both posting 9.98 for fourth and fifth respectively.

Women's 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce secured Jamaica's other medal so far at these championships.

"I think we have done extremely well ... I believe if we had just a little bit more fortune, it could be very much different by now too," Wilson told The STAR.

"That 100m most definitely sent the morale levels to an extreme high," Wilson said, before highlighting the overall efforts of the team so far.

expectations

"We also have to congratulate the persons who have made it to finals and those who also made it to semi-finals. As I have said before, it's a very young team and at this level, it takes a lot of maturity. The expectations are high, but persons have to understand that track and field is not only about talent, but experience," Wilson added.

The man who led Holmwood Technical to 10 girls' titles in 11 years before announcing that he was stepping down as their head coach earlier this year, said that the team's biggest challenge so far has been the inexperience of some of the athletes, with 16 team members making their first appearance at the senior international level.

He also believes that more should be done in the future to support the youngsters, particularly those competing in non-traditional events.

"One of the major challenges, I would say is the fact that the team is a bit inexperienced and the way forward; we are going to have to find a way to help the persons who are in the non-traditional events from a technical perspective and also from a financial perspective, in order to get them to the level that we want them to be at," said Wilson, who was head coach for Jamaica's team to the 2011 IAAF World Championships, as well as last year's Olympic Games.

Jamaica's biggest medal haul at the World Championships is 13 (7 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze) from the 2009 staging in Berlin.

"I think we have done extremely well ... I believe if we had just a little bit more fortune, it could be very much different ... "