Islamic Solidarity Games

• Baird captures 4th in javelin

KENISHA Phillips had to settle 4th place in the women’s 200-metre heat on Thursday in Saudi Arabia after stopping the clock in a time 24.18 at the Islamic Solidarity Games.

Her country-mate Keliza Smith, who took bronze in the 100-metre final earlier in the competition also missed qualification to the semis.

She ran a 24.02 second time to finish third, narrowly missing out the next round.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, Guyanese Leslain Baird put in a solid effort but hand to settle for fourth place in the Javelin throw.

Baird had a best attempt of 72.26 metres while the gold medal winner Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan’s best throw was 83.05 metres.

In the Women’s 400-metre, national record holder Aliyah Abrams had a bad start to her final run and never recovered to finish sixth.

Olympian Abrams who has a personal best of 50.20 seconds, the national record, finished in a modest 53.76 far off her season best time of 51.36 which would have given her 1st place.

The race was won by Bahrain’s Salwa Naser in 51.59 seconds for gold.

In the 4X100m relay, Guyana was fifth place in 39.89 second with Saudi Arabia winning gold in 39.19 second followed by Oman and Nigeria.