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Trinidad and Tobago athletes miss Olympic qualification in Texas meet
Asa Guevara -
TT ATHLETES continued to vie for Olympic qualification with the track and field trio of Sparkle McKnight, Asa Guevara and Taejha Badal competing at the USA Track and Field Open in Ft Worth, Texas, on Tuesday.
In the men’s 400-metre timed finals, Guevara was tenth overall in 47.07 seconds, even though he was third in heat two. American Micheal Cherry, winner of heat three, was first overall in 44.37. The Olympic qualification standard for the men’s 400m event is 44.90.
In the women’s 400m hurdles, McKnight was sixth overall after placing fifth and last in the second of two heats. McKnight clocked 57.73 which was not enough to achieve the Olympic standard of 55.40.