Charlton qualifies for the Olympics
Both Bahamian female sprint hurdlers go under 13 seconds Bahamian Devynne Charlton has qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games in her specialty, the women’s 100m hurdles. She ran a qualifying time of 12.84 seconds on Saturday.
After being denied an opportunity to compete because of a back injury five years ago, Devynne Charlton is headed back to the Olympics as she qualified over the weekend in her specialty.
Charlton became the seventh Bahamian athlete in track and field to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, and the second Bahamian female sprint hurdler to do so, posting a time of 12.84 seconds in the women’s 100 meters (m) hurdles at the 2021 Miramar Invitational at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Florida, on Saturday.
Jamaica s Elaine Thompson-Herah had to settle for fourth in the 200m in Miramar, Florida.
Reigning Olympic sprint double champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica was beaten into fourth place in the women’s 200m at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting in Miramar, Florida on Saturday.
The 28-year-old Thompson-Herah clocked 22.44 seconds in what was her first appearance over the distance this season.
Thompson-Herah’s Jamaican teammate
Briana Williams, a double Under-20 world champion, was left back in sixth place in 22.93 seconds.
Jenna Prandini of the USA came through to win in a wind-assisted 22.29 (2.3m/s) to finish ahead of world silver medallist Brittany Brown (22.39) with 2016 world U20 champion Candace Hill taking third in 22.43.