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30 August 2023

Jereem, Ahye advance to semis at World Indoor Champs

In the men’s 400m first round, Richards won heat two in 46.69 seconds, with Mikhail Litvin of Kazakhstan next in 46.72 seconds and South Africa’s Zakhiti Nene third in 46.92. Richards and Litvin booked spots in the semi-final round later on Friday.

Ahye, Richards advances to world Indoor semis

18/03/2022

Competing in the women’s 60m heats the 29-year-old Ahye who turns 30 on April 10

Jereem powers to World Indoors 400m gold

19/03/2022

Running out of lane six, Richards produced his best 400m indoor performance ever when he clocked a championship record and personal best time of 45 seconds flat.

Jereem advances to World Indoors 400m final, Ahye 7th in 60m

19/03/2022

60-metre final on day one of the World Athletics Indoor Championships on Friday in Belgrade, Serbia.

Jereem Richards wins 400m Indoor gold

19/03/2022

Richards nabbed gold with a championship record of 45.00 seconds to finish ahead of USA’s Trevor Bassitt, who copped silver with a 45.05-clocking and Sweden’s Carl Bengstrom, who completed a national indoor record of 45.33 for the bronze.

Sporting business

20/03/2022

I have to count myself among those who often hear about a track and field performance here, a medal (not gold) won there or a personal best achieved somewhere else and still it fails to register how much effort and dedication is required to remain consistently among the best in the world in a chosen field of endeavour for five or more years.

Ruebin Walters bows out 60m hurdles at semifinal stage

20/03/2022

The 26-year-old clocked 7.68 seconds for a sixth-place finish in the first heat of the semifinals. Walters qualified having finished among the top 24 athletes in the heats, where he ran 7.69 seconds to place third in his heat.

Keshorn opens 2022 campaign with gold in Atlanta

19/03/2022

Walcott launched the spear 84.68 metres to easily hold off silver medallist Curtis Thompson (76.68m) and bronze receiver Ethan Shalaway (75.06m). Janek Oiglane (67.04m) and Matt Cahoon (66.57m) rounded off the top five finishers.

Trinidad and Tobago track and field team named for 2022 Carifta Games

23/03/2022

Among the athletes selected were Shakeem McKay, Aaron Antoine and Natasha Fox.

FOUNDATION TO FINISH

22/03/2022

“I’ll like to encourage people to support the sport more,” the World Athletics Indoor Championship men’s 400 metres gold medallist told the Express, “from the local level all the way to the top. We have a lot of talented athletes in Trinidad and Tobago and most people don’t know who they are until they win something. So please support and pay attention to local sport.”