Priscilla takes Berlin!
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep was sensational today as she captured the silver medal for Canada in the 100m hurdle final. She was the model of consistency as she recorded 12.56 > 12.60 > 12.54 in the heats, semis & final. After her “surprise” bronze in the Beijing Olympics one year ago, Priscilla proved without a doubt she is just 3/100th from the gold.
Perdita Felicien
It was no surprise in this event that the barriers are really “hurdles” to completion of the 100m. Unfortunately Perdita Felicien was to fall victim to the “hurdle” once again. Just as in the Athen’s Olympics in 2004, the problem was hurdle number 1 for Perdita. Maybe she attacked from the blocks with such vigour that it brings her too close to the first barrier. She had been so good in the first two races, 12.77> 12.58 > 15.53. She has proven to be a fighter in the past perhaps she will take some encouragement from this year’s world champion, Brigitte Foster-Hylton of Jamaica. She will turn 35 years of age this November. She took the silver in the world’s Paris in 2003 and the bronze in Helsinki in to 2005. After 12 years in the sport she won the gold today.
Scoring
100m hurdles
Lopes-Schliep (2-2)=0
Felicien (5-8)= -3
Whyte (22-26)= -6
Adrienne Power ran 23.38 (0.0) and failed to advance but mover up one spot
to score (26-25)= +1
Accumlative team score for Canada after day 5 is (+67-8)= +59
