BUDAPEST, Aug 28 — AFP Sport picked out five athletes to watch at the World Athletics Championships which ended in Budapest yesterday. This is how they fared: Shericka Jackson...
BUDAPEST, Aug 28 — AFP Sport picked out five athletes to watch at the World Athletics Championships which ended in Budapest yesterday.She did not achieve the sprint double she wanted. However, she gained glorious compensation, after silver in the 100m, with the second fastest run in 200m history of 21.41sec to retain her title.
“I said this last year, if a person never failed a test I cannot comment on any world record. I am not the world record holder.”The 19-year-old Jamaican prodigy topped qualifying and looked set fair to confirm his extraordinary talent in his first senior final. The 20-year-old from Botswana lived up to the hype surrounding him — not since Namibia’s Frankie Fredericks three decades ago has an African sprinter generated such excitement.
“I believe I am a role model for young people in Botswana because there have not been many sprinters from my country.”The 22-year-old may have missed out on medals but her fourth and fifth-placed finishes in the women’s 200m and 100m respectively suggests she will be a serious contender at the Paris Olympics next year.
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