KAZAKHSTAN – Bahamian sprinter Anthonique Strachan showcased her pace and agility on the Astana Indoor Meet, an occasion hosted for the Amin Tuyakov Prizes and acknowledged as a World Athletics Indoor Tour-Gold meet.
The meet happened in Kazakhstan on Saturday, and Strachan emerged as the only Caribbean winner of the competitors.
Strachan, who beforehand held the title of double dash World Junior champion in 2012, delivered a outstanding efficiency by clocking 7.21 seconds to safe victory within the ladies’s 60 meters. She narrowly edged out Poland’s Magdalena Stefanovicz (7.22) and Iran’s Farzaneh Fasihi (7.23). Jamaica’s Tina Clayton, with a time of seven.28 seconds, completed in sixth place.
African file
Within the male equal occasion, reigning Jamaican Nationwide 100m champion Rohan Watson achieved a time of 6.65 seconds, incomes him fifth place. The race was gained by the USA’s Demek Kemp in 6.55 seconds, with Japanese athletes Shuhei Tada and Akihiro Higashida securing second and third place with occasions of 6.58 and 6.59 seconds, respectively.
One of many standout performances of the meet unfolded within the ladies’s 60m hurdles, the place Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, underneath the steering of Jamaican coach Lacena Golding-Clarke, established an African file by clocking 7.77 seconds to clinch victory. She was adopted by two-time World Indoor champion Nia Ali (7.89) and Eire’s Sarah Lavin (7.91). Jamaican athletes Megan Tapper and Amoi Brown secured the fifth and eighth positions, posting occasions of 8.03 and eight.11 seconds, respectively.
Within the ladies’s 400 meters, Jamaica’s Stephenie Ann McPherson displayed a powerful efficiency by ending second total with a time of 54.66 seconds. The occasion was gained by Portugal’s Catia Azevedo, who clocked 52.64 seconds, whereas Japan’s Nanako Matsumoto secured the third place total with a time of 54.79 seconds.
