Third-place finisher Kristal Awuah, left, of Great Britain, winner Briana Williams, centre, of Jamaica and second-place finisher Twanisha Terry, of the United States, celebrate after the women's 100 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, Thursday, July 12, 2018. (Kalle Parkkinen/Lehtikuva via AP)
By BRENT STUBBS
Senior Sports Reporter
bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
Team Bahamas didn’t perform as well as expected on day three of the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s Under-20 Track and Field Championships in Tampere, Finland.
Jaide Knowles, in her bid to advance to the final of the girls’ 100 metres, suffered a slight hamstring injury before the start of her semi-final race yesterday and didn’t run.
American Twanisha Terry went on to post the fastest qualifying time in the final in 11.03 seconds for a new championship record.
Jamaican Briana Williams, the star of the CARIFTA Games here over the Easter holiday weekend, posted the second best time of 11.25. But in the final later in the night, Williams turned the tables to take the gold in 11.16, leaving Terry with the silver in 11.19.
Kristal Awuah, of Great Britain, picked up the bronze in 11.37.
The Bahamas also saw the two high jumpers in action in the qualifying round of the boys’ event, but Jyles Etienne and Kyle Alcine were 18th and 19th respectively as they both failed to advance to the final.
On the schedule today is the 200m where Knowles is hoping to be recovered and able to run with Kayvon Stubbs.
Also expected in action today is Sasha Wells in the preliminaries of the girls’ 100m hurdles.
In addition, the boys 4 x 100m relay team is scheduled to contest the preliminaries to get into the final.
The only other competitor yet to see action is Charisma Taylor, who will contest the girls’ triple jump on Saturday.
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