NAAATT Media Articles

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30 August 2023
Gittens, who made her Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games last year in the women’s long jump, competed in the women’s high jump.
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Gittens made first-time clearances at 1.78 and 1.83. The Trinidad and Tobago athlete twice knocked down the bar at 1.86, before successfully negotiating the height on her third attempt. And at 1.89, she again went over the bar the third time around.
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Ahye opens the T&T campaign in the women’s 60 metres heats. With a season’s best of 7.19 seconds, the 29-year-old sprint star is seeded 14th in an overall field of 49. Poland’s Ewa Swoboda is the world leader at 6.99 and favourite for gold. American Marybeth Sant-Price (7.04) and Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji (7.05) are also key contenders for the global title.
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A member of the T&T team at the last Under-20 World Championships in Kenya last June, Mc Kay of Abilene Wildcats won the half-laps event in 21.38 seconds, just under the 21.40 World qualification standard, and well under the Pan Am Junior Championship (21.62) and Carifta (21.92) marks.
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The 18-year-old dominated both the semifinal and final of the Boys U-20 200m dash on Sunday, the second and final day of the National Association of Athletics Administration of TT’s (NAAA) Carifta Trials at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain.
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The 29-year-old Ahye who turns 30 on April 10 will line up in heat two of six from lane six against Portugal’s Rosalina Santos, Egypt’s Bassant Hemida, Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji, Spain’s Maria Isabel Perez, Guyana’s Jasmine Abrams, Denmark’s Ida Karstoft and Philippines’ Kristina Marie Knott.
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Richards will feature in the men’s 400 metres and Ahye will compete in the women’s 60 metres.
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Another Trinidad and Tobago track star, Michelle-Lee Ahye finished seventh in the women’s 60 metres final, yesterday. Ahye got to the line in a season’s best 7.11 seconds.
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Richards paid homage to his deceased friend and Trinidad and Tobago teammate Deon Lendore with a scintillating run in the men’s 400 metres final, “The Dream” stopping the clock at 45 seconds flat to become the country’s first-ever gold medallist at the global indoor meet.
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In a media release, yesterday, the National Association of Athletics Administrations of T&T (NAAATT) listed the 43 athletes and 12 officials who will be in Jamaica for the Easter weekend meet. A notable omission is talented sprinter/long jumper Janae De Gannes.
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