Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago competes within the Males’s 400m ultimate on day twelve of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on Aug. 7, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Observe athlete Jereem Richards and cricketer Karishma Ramharack captured the 2024 First Residents Sports activities Basis “Sportsman of the 12 months” and “Sportswoman of the 12 months” on the nationwide sports activities awards operate that was held on the Hyatt Regency, Trinidad, not too long ago.
Richards claimed his fourth accolade by including to his earlier wins in 2017, 2018, and 2022. It was Ramharack’s first time on the ladies’s award and the primary for the game of cricket since former West Indies batsman Brian Lara received the final of his awards in 2005.
On the Paris Olympic Video games, Richards was a fourth-placed finisher within the males’s 400 meters ultimate, ending with a T&T nationwide file time of 43.78 seconds, behind the USA’s gold medallist Quincy Corridor (43.40), runner-up Matthew Hudson-Smith of Nice Britain (43.44) and Zambian third place finisher Muzala Samukonga (43.74).
Richards also can proudly look again on a semifinal efficiency on the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, third-place finishes on the Diamond League conferences in London (44.18) and Rome (44.55), and a 200m win (20.19) in Lucerne on the Continental Tour’s silver degree.
Proper-arm off-spinner Ramharack stepped into the highlight following Annisa Mohammed’s retirement in the beginning of 2024, and he or she reveled in a sequence of stand-out shows over the 12 months.
On the ICC T20 Girls’s World Cup within the UAE, Ramharack helped West Indies to the semifinals by taking six wickets at a mean of 13.83.
Her finest efficiency got here in opposition to Bangladesh, the place she claimed 4 wickets for 17 runs, resulting in an eight-wicket victory and the “Participant of the Match” prize.
Ramharack was additionally excellent in the course of the One-Day Worldwide sequence in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Throughout the former contest, she took 4 wickets, together with a three-for-48 act in a two-wicket triumph at Karachi; the latter showdown once more concerned 4 wickets, with two for 29 captured within the second recreation at Hambantota.
Saturday’s operate additionally noticed the 2025 Corridor of Fame Induction of former cricketer Samuel Badree and former monitor and discipline athlete Wendell Williams, now a coach.
With the theme “The Energy of Perseverance,” the awards showcased the resilience, dedication, and unyielding spirit of athletes who triumphed over challenges to attain greatness.
Chairman of First Residents, Anthony Isidore Good, stated, “At First Residents, we’re proud to face steadfastly behind the work of the First Residents Sports activities Basis, honoring the previous, supporting the current, and equipping the way forward for the game.”
“Success calls for preparation, onerous work, and infrequently, persistence, and in these instances, we persevere.”
Good urged these current as companions in sport: “Allow us to all resolve to determine how we will serve sports activities higher and endeavor to constantly accomplish that.”
David Roberts, everlasting secretary of the Ministry of Sport and Group Improvement of Trinidad and Tobago, congratulated the awardees and thanked them for his or her excellent illustration of the crimson, white, and black on the worldwide stage.
