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Shaunae and Ian Eliminated After Repechage Round

PARIS, FRANCE – A second opportunity to qualify for Shaune Miller-Uibo and Ian Kerr, but their 2024 Paris Olympics bid came to an end.

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August 6, 2024

10th Year Seniors

PARIS, FRANCE – A second opportunity to qualify for Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Ian Kerr, but their 2024 Paris Olympics bid came to an end.

In the repechage round, Miller-Uibo ran 53.50 seconds to finish seventh in heat 2 and did not advance.

In the 200m, Ian Kerr finished third in heat four in 20.60 seconds and did not advance to the semis.

Looking ahead to tomorrow, Wednesday is the most active day for Bahamian athletes at the Paris Olympics thus far.

Five-time Olympian Donald Thomas will compete in Group A of the men’s high jump at 4:05 a.m.

National record holder Rhema Otabor will make her Olympic debut in the women’s javelin at 4:25 a.m.

On the track, Devynne Charlton, Denisha Cartwright, and Charisma Taylor begin the prelims of the women’s 100m hurdles at 4:15 a.m.

In the evening session, Antoine Andrews will run in the first semifinal of the 110m hurdles at 1:05 p.m.

In the men’s 200m, Wanya McCoy will run in semifinal 2 at 2:02 p.m.

Interview with Frank Rutherford

We’re back with our 10YS Olympics correspondent, triple jump bronze medalist from the ’92 games in Barcelona – Frank Rutherford.

He says, “Track and field is an individual sport that is determined by the mental preparation, the physical preparation, spiritual preparation of that athlete.”

Disappointing End for Kacy Lyn Smith

Kacy Lyn Smith’s run at the FEI North America Youth Jumping Championships came to a disappointing end.

Smith elected to withdraw from the competition hosted in Traverse City, Michigan.

Smith and her horse, D’Angelo 6, completed the first-round speed class with just one fence down and were in 20th place to make the individual final.

In the first round of the team competition, Smith had several fences down and they were eventually eliminated in the round, ending her chances to qualify for the individual final.

Team Bahamas Starts Strong in Billie Jean King Cup

Team Bahamas is off to a winning start at the Billie Jean King Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.

The team of Simone Pratt, Sydney Clarke, Danielle Thompson, and Tatyana Madu defeated Antigua and Barbuda 3-0 on the tournament’s opening day.

Pratt and Clarke won both their singles matches to clinch the win for The Bahamas. Thompson and Madu went on to win doubles.

Countries competing in Americas Zone III include Aruba, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.