THE country’s top women’s 400 metres athlete, Tiana Springer, showed she is still
at the top of her game with a solid run on Friday at the World Athletics U20 championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Springer, who boasts a personal best time of 51.68 seconds, ran 51.78
seconds to collect the bronze medal at the games.
She was in third place behind Poland’s Anastazja Kus and USA's Ataja
Stephanie-Vazquez.
Kus won the gold in 51.06 seconds, with Stephanie-Vazquez taking silver in
51.36 seconds.
She had earlier in the competition won her semifinal heat in 52.48 and her
round one 400-meter heat in 52.39 seconds.-
Malachi Austin took home a sixth place in the men’s 400 finals, crossing
the line in 46.03 seconds; the USA took the sprint double with Jayden
Deleon taking gold and Quincy Wilson silver.
South Africa’s Leendert Koekemoer took bronze.
Austin semi-final saw him in second place in 45.87, and he won his round 1
heat in 46.48 seconds.
Also on Friday, Tishawn Easton produced a time of 21.19 seconds in his
Men’s 200-metres semi-final, but it was not good enough to put him in the
finals, as he finished in seventh place.
Easton had copped third place in his round one heat with a time of 20.66
seconds, a new national record.
Olivia Solomon also missed a chance to run for gold after finishing in two
minutes 06.15 seconds in her semifinals heat for fifth place.
She stormed into the finals with a new national record of two minutes 06.55
seconds.