Cleopatra Borel finished third in the women’s shot put at the Samsung Diamond Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix in Gateshead, England, yesterday. Borel threw 18.36 to improve on her fourth place finish in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday. She opened with 18.35 and followed with 17.89, 18.30 and 18.20, before unleashing her best throw in the fifth round. The distance was below her season’s best of 18.69 set at the Jamaican Invitational on May 5.Olympic champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand continued her unbeaten run for the year, with a mark of 20.52. Michelle Carter of the USA, was second with 18.71. Borel now lies at joint seventh in the Diamond League rankings behind Adams who is leading on 20 points. At the Jubillee 10th Athletics Bridge Meeting in Dubnica, Slovakia yesterday, Keston Bledman finished down the field in the men's 100m A race. The Olympic 4X100m relay bronze medallist returned a slow time in 15.05. Jamaica’s sprint relay gold medallist Nesta Carter and Michael Frater took the top two spot in 10.01 and 10.12 with Dwain Chambers (Great Britain) in third also 10.12.
Lavern Ferrette Jones of the US Virgin Islands took the women's 100m A race in 11.29 ahead of American Jereba Tarmoh (USA) 11.32 with Jamaica's Sheri-Ann Brooks in a close third, also in 11.32. Another Jamaican Anneisha McLaughlin took the B race in 11.42. Betty Heilder of Germany took the women’s hammer in 75.18. The Olympic bronze medallist defeated former double World Champion Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 74.86 and Olympic champion Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 74.76. American Dawn Harper took her second straight win in the women's 100m hurdles since her silver medal performance in London. The 2008 Olympic champion sped to 12.68.
By Clayton Clarke
Source: www.guardian.co.tt