2012 Outdoor Results

[Socapro]

http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2012-07-07/gordon-strikes-double-gold-usa-club-meet

Gordon strikes double gold at USA Club meet
Published: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Clayton Clarke

National men’s 400m champion Lalonde Gordon finally got under the Olympic A standard in the one-lap event clocking 45.02 seconds on the first day of the 2012 USATF Club Championships in Omaha, Nebraska, USA on Friday. Competing for his Zenith Velocity Club, Gordon got under the 45.30 seconds required to compete at the London Games which get underway on July 27 and run until October 12. The 23-year-old finished well ahead of Terrance Livingston (Central Park/USA) 46.61 seconds and Erison Hurtault (Central Park/Dominica) 46.78.
 
Despite taking the national title at the Sagicor/NGC Open Championships on June 23 in 45.40, short of the A mark which was achieved by second place and third place finishers Renny Quow (44.84) and Deon Lendore (45.13). The time is a new personal best for the 2011 CAC senior Championships 4X400m silver medallist improving his previous best of 45.33 seconds set earlier this year. Gordon was selected as part of this country’s Olympic men’s mile relay team and had until July 8 to get the 45.30 seconds mark. Gordon struck double gold taking the 200-metre finals in 20.63 seconds, improving his personal best time by 0.04 seconds. He topped the heats earlier in the day in 20.78.

[Socapro]

The T&T 4x400m relay squad who have qualified for the London Olympics seems to be getting stronger and stronger by the minute! 

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Solomon_clocks_pb-161879685.html

Solomon clocks PB
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Jul 10, 2012 at 12:00 AM ECT

Jarrin Solomon produced a new personal best in finishing second in the men's 400 metres event, at the Bottrop Gala meet, in Germany, on Saturday.
 
The Trinidad and Tobago quartermiler got home in 45.31 seconds to finish behind Dominican Republic's Luguelin Santos, the 18-year-old sensation stopping the clock at 45.15. Curacao's Lee-Marvin Bonevacia (45.80) was third.
 
Solomon, a member of T&T's 4x400m relay squad for the London Olympics, missed out on the 45.30 seconds Olympic "A" standard by just one-hundredth of a second. His 45.31 clocking was a big improvement on his previous best of 45.68.
 
Emanuel Mayers was also on show at the Bottrop Gala, the T&T athlete finishing seventh in the men's 400m hurdles in 50.97 seconds.
 
On Sunday, at the Meeting de Nancy, in France, Solomon bagged bronze in the men's 400m in 46.16 seconds. United States Virgin Islands quartermiler Tabarie Henry won in 45.49, beating American Calvin Smith (45.59) into second spot.
 
At the Meeting de Atletismo, in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday, T&T's Marc Burns finished third in the men's 100m final in a wind-assisted 10.08 seconds. Cayman Islands sprinter Kemar Hyman (9.95) and Jamaica's Kemar Bailey Cole (9.98) earned gold and silver, respectively.
 
In the qualifying round, Burns clocked 10.16 seconds to finish second in heat two. Hyman won the race in a personal best 9.95—a new Cayman Islands national record.
 
At the Aileen Meagher International Track Classic, in Halifax, Canada, on Sunday, T&T's Jamaal James returned a time of one minute, 48.57 seconds to cop fourth spot in the men's 800m. And in the women's 800m, another T&T halfmiler, Melissa De Leon was sixth in 2:06.40.

[andre samuel]

The stock of our 4x400m Mens relay team keeps rising.....

[STMB]

Yes indeed

[Socapro]

The stock of our 4x400m Mens relay team keeps rising.....

The 4x400m ladies starting to look decent too!
If we add one or both of our two World Class 400m Hurlers to the squad at the right time I can see them shattering the NR and possibly dipping below 3:30.00 to enter the World's Top 16!

Let's hope they can do that time between now and next year so they can qualify for the 2013 World Championships.

[STMB]

I hope so too. It is strange that T&T has not produced more 400m female athletes as has been the case with the men over time. We've had decent talent in the 100 and 200 internationally, and 800 and 1500 regionally, but have not had "medal-contending" individuals in the 400m. Would like to see the national record go below 52 secs. for starters.

[Socapro]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Burns_finishes__2nd_in_France-162161435.html

Burns finishes 2nd in France
Story Created: Jul 11, 2012 at 11:40 PM ECT

Marc Burns finished second in the men's 100 metres dash, at the Meeting Premium Sotteville-les-Rouen, in France, on Tuesday. The Trinidad and Tobago athlete got to the line in 10.27 seconds to finish behind Kim Collins (10.11), of St Kitts and Nevis, and ahead of American Calesio Newman (10.29).
 
Last Saturday, Burns was third at the Meeting de Atletismo, in Madrid, Spain, in a wind-assisted 10.08 seconds.
 
The 29-year-old sprinter is part of the T&T 4x100m relay squad for the London Olympics.

[STMB]

The T&T 4x100m relay is running today in the second day of the London Grand Prix meet at 11:28 am EST.
The line up is 1. Poland; 2. GB B; 3. St. Kitts/Nevis; 4. GB A; 5. MVP; 6. T&T; 7. Netherlands; 8. France

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T&T (Sorrillo, Burns, Callender, Thompson) wins "by a country mile" (per the commentator) in cold and wet conditions in 38.23 without Bledman. Very good run in conditions that may be prevalent during the OGs.
Results:
1. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TRI 38.23 0.126
2 NETHERLANDS NED 38.70 0.146
3 POLAND POL 38.78 0.152
4 GREAT BRITAIN & NI A GBR 38.80 0.153
5 MVP TRACK CLUB JAM 38.82 0.156
6 GREAT BRITAIN & NI B GBR 38.94 0.173
7 FRANCE (with LeMaitre) FRA 38.95 0.217
8 ST KITTS AND NEVIS SKN 39.19 0.171

[Socapro]

Very nice run by the guys today!
Nice clean exchanges and good form going into the Olympics, check video to view the run!!

Trinidad & Tobago wins Men's 4x100m Relay - LondonSDL2012
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T&T (Sorrillo, Burns, Callender, Thompson) wins "by a country mile" (per the commentator) in cold and wet conditions in 38.23 without Bledman. Very good run in conditions that may be prevalent during the OGs.
Results:
1. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TRI 38.23 0.126
2 NETHERLANDS NED 38.70 0.146
3 POLAND POL 38.78 0.152
4 GREAT BRITAIN & NI A GBR 38.80 0.153
5 MVP TRACK CLUB JAM 38.82 0.156
6 GREAT BRITAIN & NI B GBR 38.94 0.173
7 FRANCE (with LeMaitre) FRA 38.95 0.217
8 ST KITTS AND NEVIS SKN 39.19 0.171

[D.H.W]

Licks!

[100% Barataria]

Wap Wap, keep it coming guys.  Will be drinking shandy in the presence of many Jamaicans come olympics, leh we pull at least one upset

[Socapro]

http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,163303.html

Bledman stumbles 100m Heat 1 in @ London Diamond League (13.7.2012)
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Bledman disappoints in London
Saturday, July 14 2012

National sprint champion, Keston Bledman, failed to make the final of the Men’s 100m at yesterday’s Aviva London Grand Prix at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London. It was a disappointing performance for the 24-year-old who is considered to be TT’s main medal contender in the individual sprint at the Olympics.

Bledman, who lined up in heat one, stopped the clock at 10.27 to finish fourth in a time of 10.27. American Ryan Bailey crossed the finish line first in 10.06. Heat two was won by Jamaican Michael Frater in a time of 10.15 while USA’s Tyson Gay followed closely in 10.15 as well.

In the final, however, there was no stopping former World champion, Gay who secured the victory in a relatively slow 10.03 while running into a headwind. Bailey took the silver in 10.09 while Jamaican Nesta Carter claimed bronze in 10.13.

Today, the national 4x100m relay team will be in action against a competitive field. Also in the final will be the world record holders, Jamaica; Great Britain, France and Poland.

[Socapro]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Bledman_misses_out-162439356.html

Bledman misses out
Story Created: Jul 13, 2012 at 11:02 PM ECT

Trinidad and Tobago's Keston Bledman missed out on a lane in the men's 100 metres final, at the Aviva London Grand Prix Samsung Diamond League meet, in London, England, yesterday.
 
Bledman clocked 10.27 seconds to finish fourth in heat one and ninth overall in the
 
qualifying round.

The top eight sprinters advanced to the final, which was won by Tyson Gay, of the United States, in 10.03. Another American, Ryan Bailey (10.09) was second, while Jamaican Nesta Carter (10.13) finished third.
 
On Wednesday, at the Toronto Star International Track Classic, in Canada, T&T's Jamaal James finished second in the men's 800m in one minute, 47.47 seconds.

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Tyson_Gay_wins_in_dreary_London-162439366.html

Tyson Gay wins in dreary London
Story Created: Jul 13, 2012 at 11:02 PM ECT

l LONDON

Tyson Gay prepared for the anticipated chilly Olympics here by winning the 100 metres at the London Grand Prix in dreary conditions yesterday.
 
The former world champion won in 10.03 seconds in a headwind of 1.2 metres per second, ahead of fellow American Ryan Bailey and Nesta Carter of Jamaica.
 
"I'm in pretty good shape, I just need to work on some things on my groin area with my physio and I should be good to go," Gay said. "I feel I know how to mentally prepare for this type of weather and this was the best place to prepare for the games."
 
Gay's main rivals for the July 27-Aug. 12 Olympics were absent.

Asafa Powell withdrew with a groin strain to ensure he is fit for the games, and Olympic champion Usain Bolt sidestepped the event for tax reasons.
 
There was a lacklustre performance from home sprinter Dwain Chambers, who is preparing for the games after a lifetime Olympic doping ban for British offenders was lifted. Chambers failed to even advance from the heats.
 
In the 110 hurdles, Aries Merritt of the United States won in 12.93 seconds, equaling his own world-leading time this year, after 2004 Olympic champion Liu Xiang qualified for the final but withdrew with a back strain.
 
Home favorite Mo Farah enjoyed a comfortable victory in the 5,000 metres in 13 minutes, 6.04 seconds, more than 3 seconds ahead of Collis Birmingham of Australia after upping the pace in the final two laps.
 
In the women's 5,000, world champion Vivian Cheruiyot led home a Kenyan 1-2-3-4 finish.
 
World champion Dai Greene was denied victory in the 400 hurdles, finishing second behind Javier Culson just like at the Paris leg of the Diamond League two weeks ago.
 
It helped Culson acclimatise for the Olympics.

There was, however, an unexpected British success in the women's 400 hurdles. Perri Shakes-Drayton, ranked 21st in the event, won in 53.77, more than 1.7 seconds ahead of 2008 Olympic champion Melaine Walker, who was fourth.
 
European champion Irina Davydova of Russia was second, followed by Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica.
 
The long jump was won by Australia's Mitchell Watt, and Bjorn Otto of Germany took the pole vault.

[Socapro]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Sprint_relay_men_win_in_London-162492296.html

Sprint relay men win in London
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Jul 14, 2012 at 10:54 PM ECT

Rondel Sorrillo, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender and Richard "Torpedo" Thompson combined for victory in the men's 4x100 metres relay, at the Aviva London Grand Prix Samsung Diamond League meet, in London, England, yesterday.
 
The T&T quartet clocked 38.23 seconds, forcing Netherlands to settle for silver in 38.70. Poland (38.78) and Great Britain (38.80) finished third and fourth, respectively, while fifth spot was copped by Jamaica, MVP sprinters Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Ainsley Waugh and Omar Douglas combining for a 38.82 run.
 
Thompson was impressive on the anchor leg, the double Olympic silver medallist opening a gap on the field to hand T&T a comfortable victory.
 
The 38.23 clocking produced by Sorrillo, Burns, Callender and Thompson is the second fastest time in the world this year. At the top of the 2012 world list is a Jamaica team—Racers Track Club sprinters Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake, Kimmari Roach and Usain Bolt. The powerful quartet stopped the clock at 37.82 seconds at a meet in Jamaica, in April.
 
Missing from the T&T team, yesterday, was Keston Bledman. The national sprint champion competed in the individual 100m on Friday, but did not advance to the final. Bledman finished fourth in his heat and ninth overall in 10.27 seconds.
 
At the 2008 Olympic Games, in Beijing, China, Bledman, Burns, Callender and Thompson earned silver in 38.06 seconds, the T&T quartet finishing behind Jamaica, the winners in a world record 37.10.
 
One year later, at the World Championships, in Berlin, Germany, T&T again finished second to Jamaica (37.31), Darrel Brown, Burns, Callender and Thompson clocking an impressive 37.62 seconds—the current national record.
 
T&T's sprint relay men will be hoping for another trip to the podium at the 2012 London Olympics.

[Socapro]

http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2012-07-14/tt-sprint-relay-team-wins-london-ahead-olympics

T&T sprint relay team wins in London ahead of Olympics
Published: Sunday, July 15, 2012

Reigning Olympic men’s sprint silver medalists Trinidad and Tobago notched a win ahead of the London Olympics Games in running away with the 4x100m event at the Aviva London Grand Prix in Crystal Palace, yesterday. The team of Rondel Sorillo, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender and  Richard Thompson combined to clock 38.23 to finish ahead of Netherlands (38.70) and Poland (38.78). Great Britain A (38.80), MVP-Jamaica (38.82, Great Britain B (38.94), France (38.95) and St Kitts/Nevis (39.19) all finished behind. T&T last won the event in 2008 in a then national record of 38.00 before taking the historic silver medal in Beijing, China, one month later.  The national quartet is now second on the 2012 IAAF Performance listing behind  Jamaica’s Racers (37.82) and MVP, also Jamaica, (38.27).
 
The sprint relay victory was the lone win for local athletes in London as Keston Bledman was ninth in the men’s 100m heats. The national champion clocked 10.27 in heat one to finished fourth but his time relegated the 2005 World Youth bronze medallist to ninth after the second heat was run with only the top eight advancing to the finals.  American Ryan Bailey topped Bledman’s heat in 10.06 ahead of Nesta Carter (Jamaica) 10.15 and another American Mike Rodgers (USA) 10.18.  Former World Champion Tyson Gay  (USA)raced to the gold in the finals in 10.03 ahead of Bailey (10.09), Carter (10.13) and Michael Frater(Jamaica) 10.15. Jamaal James was second in the men’s 800m at the Toronto International Track and Field Games earlier this week. James clocked 1:47.47 but was beaten to the line by Geoff Harris of Canada (1:46.86. American Michael Preble was third 1:47.54.

[Bakes]

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[Trini1]

Ok, meet in Cardiff- horrible weather/wind as to be expected with Wales hehe:

Jehue wins 400m hurdles in 49.79, Kerron Clement 4th

Semoy takes the double 11.54 with -2.0/6(MLA had -2.6 on her Facebook) and 23.65. MLA 3rd in 11.62 in the 100 with KS 4th 11.78.

Emmanuel Callender wins 100m 10.50 with -2.0m/s, Jason Rodgers(recently ran 10.06) 3rd in the same race.

Women's 4x1 wins in 44.70 against Welsh teams.

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http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Renny_Quow_fifth_in_Ireland-162987906.html

Renny Quow fifth in Ireland
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Jul 19, 2012 at 12:41 AM ECT

Trinidad and Tobago's Renny Quow finished fifth in the men's 400 metres event at the Cork City Sports meet, in Ireland, on Tuesday. The 2009 World Championship bronze medallist clocked 46.66 seconds.
 
The race was dominated by Rabah Yousif, the Sudanese runner getting home in 45.30 seconds for a huge cushion on American Manteo Mitchell, the runner-up in 46.27. Ireland's Brian Gregan (46.29) and Great Britain's Jarryd Dunn (46.53) finished third and fourth, respectively.
 
Quow is preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. At the 2008 Games, in Beijing, China, he advanced all the way to the men's one-lap final, finishing seventh in the championship race in 45.22 seconds.
 
One month before his Beijing campaign, Quow dived under 45 seconds for the first time in his career, clocking 44.89 for second spot at a meet in Barcelona, Spain.
 
This season, though, Quow has not enjoyed the same type of success. His best 2012 clocking to date came at the Jamaica International Invitational, the 24-year-old quarter-miler finishing second in 45.48 seconds.
 
Quow's next best clocking this season, 45.60, was produced in the National Open Track and Field Championship final. However, he surrendered his title in that race, finishing second to Lalonde Gordon (45.40).
 
In London, Gordon, Quow and 19-year-old Deon Lendore will represent T&T in the men's 400m. In the National Championship final, Lendore (45.74) copped third spot.

[Socapro]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Cardiff_sprint_doubles_for_Callender__Hackett-163131856.html

Cardiff sprint doubles for Callender, Hackett
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Jul 19, 2012 at 10:58 PM ECT

Emmanuel Callender and Semoy Hackett defied adverse conditions at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium, in Wales yesterday, to record sprint doubles.
 
Running into a 2.7 metres per second headwind, on a cold, windy and rainy day in Cardiff, Callender topped the men's 100 metres field in 10.50 seconds.
 
The Trinidad and Tobago sprinter finished just ahead of Australia's Joshua Ross, the silver medallist in 10.51. Jason Rogers (10.74), of St Kitts and Nevis, was third. And another T&T athlete, Jamol James, clocked 10.86 to cop sixth spot.
 
Callender was also victorious in the 200m, getting to the line in a stadium record 20.89 seconds. His T&T teammates, Deon Lendore and Lalonde Gordon, finished second and fourth, respectively. Lendore clocked 21.27, and Gordon 21.43.
 
Hackett captured the women's sprint double.

The T&T athlete produced an 11.54 seconds run, into a 2.0 headwind, to grab gold in the 100m dash. Her clocking is a new stadium record.
 
St Kitts and Nevis sprinter, Tameka Williams (11.56) picked up silver. And Hackett's teammates, Michelle-Lee Ahye and Kai Selvon were third and fourth, respectively, clocking 11.62 and 11.78.
 
There was also a new stadium record for Hackett in the 200m. She completed the half-lap race in 23.65 seconds to lead a one-two T&T finish, Reyare Thomas seizing silver in 24.25.
 
Jehue Gordon also struck gold for T&T at the Olympic warm-up meet. He won the men's 400m hurdles in 49.75 seconds, forcing Germany's Georg Fleischhauer (49.98) to settle for silver.
 
T&T's Mikel Thomas shrugged off a strong 3.0 headwind to win the men's 110m hurdles in 13.86 seconds.
 
Ade Alleyne-Forte clocked 47.25 for second spot in the men's 400m. And in the women's 400m, Sparkle McKnight (53.74) and Janeil Bellille (55.66) were third and seventh, respectively.
 
Machel Cedenio, Alleyne-Forte, Jehue Gordon and Jarrin Solomon combined to give T&T victory in the men's 4x400m relay, in a stadium record three minutes, 07.11 seconds.
 
An African Combined team finished second in 3:08.05, while third spot went to New Zealand (3:08.88).
 
Selvon, Ahye, Reyare Thomas and McKnight claimed gold in the women's 4x100m relay. The T&T quartet got the baton round the track in 44.70 seconds—a new stadium record. Wales (46.24) finished a distant second, while third spot was copped by Wales "B" (47.69).
 
The T&T athletes are in Cardiff, attending a pre-Olympic Games camp.

[Trini1]

Highlights from the Cardiff meet, seems like we're getting some decent coverage this time around.

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[gawd on pitch]

Germany ran 38.02 PB in the mens 4x100 yesterday.. Things just got a little more interesting in that event.

[truetrini]

Better race tonight for Lalonde out in Victoria, BC. Got out more aggressively this time. However it was quite chilly at 15 degrees Celsius.

Event 7  Men 400 Meter Run ntl ATH CAN
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    Name                    Year Team                    Seed     Finals
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Finals                                                                 
  1 Mitchell, Manteo             USA                    45.25      45.97
  2 Gordon, Lalonde              TRINIDAD & TOBAGO      45.33      46.25
  3 Summers, Quentin             USA                    46.56      46.80
  4 Osie, Phillipe               CANADA                 46.68      47.61
  5 Home, Mitch                  CANADA                 48.67      48.52
  6 Minguez, Sean                USA                    47.62      48.67
  7 Miletic, Goran               CANADA                 49.56      50.25

I'm no track aficionado but anybody runnin 46 point whatever for men's 400 metres not makin no Olympic final

This is the post of the year by Palos...lol

[D.H.W]

  Nice one Trini

[Aviator]

Jarrin wins his second post-Olympic race. Trades places with Rabah Yusuf who beat him a few days ago.

Men's 400m - 20.08.2012
Final
Pl.   Athlete / Team   Cnt.   Birth   Result   Score   
1.   Jarrin SOLOMON   TRI   86   45.48   1146   
2.   Rabah YOUSIF   SUD   86   45.86   1122   
3.   Richard BUCK   GBR   86   46.02   1112   
4.   Donald SANFORD   ISR   87   46.23   1098   
5.   Marcell DEÁK NAGY   HUN   92   46.68   1070   
6.   Andrew STEELE   GBR   84   46.85   1060   
7.   Tibor KÁSA   HUN   87   46.93   1055


Women's Shot Put - 20.08.2012
Final
Pl.   Athlete / Team   Cnt.   Birth   Result   Score   
1.   Michelle CARTER   USA   85   18.84   1105   
2.   Cleopatra BOREL   TRI   79   18.58   1089   
3.   Natalya MIKHNEVICH   BLR   82   18.48   1083   
4.   Anita MÁRTON   HUN   89   18.21   1066   
5.   Paulina GUBA   POL   91   16.41   957   
6.   Anca HELTNE   ROU   78   15.75   917

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In Warsaw, Poland

Heat B
-1.6
15:33
1 BAILEY-COLE Kemar
JAMAICA 92-01-10
10.24
2 BLEDMAN Keston
88-08-08 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
10.28
3 COLLINS Kim
76-04-05 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
10.29
4 Gerald Phiri
ZAMBIA 88-10-06
10.29
Dariusz Kuc 5
POLAND 86-04-24
10.53
6 Sakalauskas Rytis
87-06-27 LITHUANIA
10.64
7 Wait Arthur
POLAND 89-02-28
10.66
8 MASZTAK Kamil
POLAND 84-07-16
10.70
9 ADAMSKI James
POLAND 87-11-11
10.74
9 Kubaczyk Robert
POLAND 86-08-04
10.74

[D.H.W]

I thought bledman injured?

[Aviator]

I thought bledman injured?

That is the story, but I doubt Bledos has any big contract, so he had to do what is necessary to eat ah food. That may mean that he keeps running while injured. it defies logic, but we don't know the man's situation.

[Socapro]

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Solomon wins at Hungary meet
Story Created: Aug 20, 2012 at 11:19 PM ECT

Trinidad and Tobago's Jarrin Solomon topped the podium yesterday at the Budapest Gyulai Istvan Memorial, winning the Men's 400m at the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix event.
 
Solomon, who recently helped T&T's 4x400m relay team to their first such medal since 1964, clocked 45.48 seconds for victory. He finished ahead of Rabah Yousif of Sudan (45.86) and Richard Buck (46.02), who were second and third respectively.
 
Also at that meet, Cleopatra Borel threw her way to silver in the women's shot put, sending the iron ball 18.58 metres to finish behind eventual winner, USA's Michelle Carter, whose best effort went 18.84m.
 
Third was Natalya Mikhnevich of Belarus (18.48m).

T&T's 4x100m relay bronze medallist Keston Bledman was also on the podium at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Warsaw, Poland, finishing second in the Men's 100m event. Bledman clocked 10.28 running into a 1.6 metres per second headwind, to finish just behind Jamaica's Kemar Bailey-Cole (10.24).
 
St Kitts and Nevis veteran runner Kim Collins, who missed out on the Olympics in controversial fashion after breaking team rules, was a hair's breath away from Bledman in 10.29, the same time as fourth-placed Gerald Phiri of Zambia.

[gawd on pitch]

Bledman ran 15.05 in Birmingham on the weekend. His season started with so much promise.. Too bad it is turning out the way it is. I think he should end the season before he aggravates his injuries more.