KAZAKHSTAN, CMC – The MVP Observe Membership duo of Jamaicans Kishane Thompson and Tia Clayton received gold at SSaturday’sAstana Indoor Meet for Amin Tuyakov Prizes.
Thompson bought his indoor season off to a profitable begin on the opening World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold assembly of the yr, capturing the 60-metre closing in a time of 6.56 seconds.
Nevertheless, the 23-year-old Olympic 100-meter silver medallist did trigger some concern when he limped moments after profitable the race.
Thompson had already signaled his intentions with a season-opening 6.48 seconds open air again in Jamaica final weekend, and he received comfortably forward of OOman’sAli Anwar Baluchi and Japan Tada, who had been second and third, respectively, in 6.60 and 6.62 seconds.
Clayton, TThompson’straining companion, copped gold within the wwomen’sequivalent on her technique to setting a brand new meet document of seven.18 seconds, forward of PPortugal’sLorene Bazolo in 7.34 seconds.
CClayton’s twin sister, Tina, claimed bronze in 7.36 seconds, the identical time as fourth-place Magdalena Stefanowicz of Poland.
