The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

COMING off her World Indoor Championship gold medal performance a couple weeks ago, there’s one more major title Shaunae Miller-Uibo wants to add to her résumé and that is the World Outdoor Championship crown.

Having fallen short in 2019 when she was defeated by Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser in Doha, Qatar in the women’s 400 metres, Miller-Uibo is eager to head to Eugene, Oregon, in July to claim the title that slipped out of her grasp.

Miller-Uibo, accompanied by her husband, Estonia’s decathlete Maicel Uibo, returned home last week with hurdler Devynne Charlton for a hero’s welcome after they secured the gold and silver respectively in Belgrade, Serbia.

While home over the weekend to celebrate her triumph at the World Indoors and to join partners with the Stapledon Gardens Community for a fun walk/run race in her honour, Miller-Uibo said her limited indoor season was a rewarding one.

“We opened and closed out the indoor season at the World Championships. We just wanted to go out there and grab the title,” she said. “It was just to see where I’m at right now and I feel like I’m in a good spot.”

Having already made the transition to her training under coach Lance Brauman in Clermont, Florida, for the outdoor season, Miller-Uibo said all roads will lead to Eugene and hopefully another trip on top of the medal podium.

“The main thing is to just stay healthy,” she said. “Obviously there are some goals that I want to achieve, but the main thing is to stay healthy, have some fun this season and hopefully win the world title.”

While she couldn’t reveal her timeline for the outdoor season, she noted that some of her Pure Athletics Track Club training partners will open up at the Florida Relays next weekend and so she might just take part in an event as well.

“I’m just looking forward to having some fun this season,” said the two-time Olympic gold medallist, whose focus this year will again be on the 400m, although she expects to once again run the 200m for some speed workout.

“The World Championships is coming up pretty soon and it will be in the US, close to home. So I’m looking forward to representing the country well and hopefully bring home the gold medal.”

As the big gun or the hunted, so to speak, going into the season, Miller- Uibo said her aim is to just stay focused, healthy and work as hard as she can and have some fun in the process.

“Once I enjoy it and I’m having fun, I know everything else will fall into place,” said Miller-Uibo, who expressed her gratitude to her parents May and Shaun Miller Sr for the guidance they provided over the years.

To the Bahamian public, the 27-year-old Miller-Uibo simply asked that they continue to pray for her on her journey to success.

“I want to say thank you to the Bahamian people for all of their support. They have supported me for years now and I will try my best to continue to make you proud,” she said.

“So keep me in your prayers and hopefully I can bring home another gold this year.”