Tomorrow’s World Championships will feature several Canadians in the men’s marathon, women’s hammer throw and the 4x400m relay qualification. Today’s semi final in the 4x100m were successful as Hank Palmer, Seyi Smith, Jared Connaughton and Bryan Barnett recorded 38.60 to advance to the final on time. It appears that the US may face the same fate as the German quartet. The Germans missed their exchange on the back stretch and the US passed outside the zone.
Bryan Barnett
Canada will be ranked 8th in the final and will be challenged to meet the mark of 6th as they did in Beijing. ‘Batonitis’ struck today and may well strike again tomorrow. Hope that the “Maple Leaf” team have flawless passes!
Gary Reed
While the 4x100m had luck, it was missing for Gary Reed in the expected carnage of the 800m semifinals. Gary was ranked 10th amongst the starters and that was his position as his progress ended. Unfortunately that does not allow him to advance to the finals as he had done in the past 2 global encounters. He is not alone, as the overall favourite, Abubaker Kaki of the Sudan was denied a spot in the final as he was in Beijing. This spectacle of 8 evenly matched runners attempting to get to the first 2 qualifying spots is a very hazardous game. Luck is what Gary needed but this was not be be. A great effort but not enough today!
Sultana Frizell will throw tomorrow she recorded 70.98m in qualifying for the hammer. Jennifer Joyce threw 67.07m to take 23rd spot.
Ruky Abdulai
Ruky Abdulai and Alice Falaiye jumped 6.45m and 6.09m respectively. Neither made the qualifying mark of 6.52m Ruky ended up 15th in world. All jumpers were hampered by torrential rains which delayed much of the competition.
Scoring
Ruky( 22-15)=+7
Alice (25-33)=-8
Jennifer (25-23)=+2
Gary (10-10)=0
Accumulated Team Canada score (+59+1)=+60
