8th IAAF World Youth Championships Update: Day 5 (FINAL DAY)

The final day of competition was short with just one session of events.

Left: Denzel Pratt. Right (front to back): Pennerman, Kerr, Rolle, & Deluze. Photo Courtesy Kermit Taylor/ Bahamas Athletics

Throws

Denzel Pratt went into the javelin finals, fist Bahamian ever, and was only able to muster together a throw of 64.20m. this toss was good enough to get him an 11th place finish. Winning the event was Matija Muhar of Slovakia with a toss of 78.84m, Morbert Rivasz-Toth of Hungry silver 78.27m, and Pablo Bugallo of Spain bronze 76.63m.

Relays

Bahamas World Youth boys relay team finished the medley race in a season best time of 1 minute 52.97 seconds for 5th. The team was comprised of Keanu Pennerman, Ian Kerr, Kinard Rolle and Henri Deluze. Winning the event was Jamaica in a NEW WORLD YOUTH WORLD RECORD time of 1 minute 49.23 seconds for the GOLD, USA 1:50.14 silver, and Japan 1:50.52 for the bronze.

Now that the World Youth Championships have come to an end, Team Bahamas will head back home where some of its member will continue training for the upcoming Junior Pan Am Championships August 23rd-25th in Medellin, Columbia. We here at Track Side Bahamas extend our congratulations to the WYC team for a great job done!

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