Cleopatra Borel took the runner up spot in the women’s shot at the Reiti Grand Prix at the Guidobaldi Stadium in Reiti, Italy yesterday. Borel was aiming for her second straight win in Italy and had a best throw of 18.52 but could not stop two time Olympic and World Champion Valarie Adams (New Zealand) who extended her unbeaten run this season with a winning distance of 20.77.Olympic silver medallist Evgeniia Kolodko (Russia) was third with 17.81. Borel was hoping to add to her victory at the Palio Citta della Querica meet in Rovererto on Tuesday in a season’s best of 18.82 metres. The national indoor (19.48) and outdoor (19.42) champion was also second in Padova with 18.71 on September 2.
Emmanuel Callendar was fifth in the men’s 100m crossing the line in 10.23(-0.3 m/s) as European champ Christophe Lemaitre (France) took the race in 10.04 ahead of 2003 world champion Kim Collins (St. Kitts/Nevis) 10.09, Norway’s Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (10.14) and Jamaican Lerone Clarke (10.15).
By Clayton Clarke
Source: www.guardian.co.tt