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Gordon finishes 7th in New York

WORLD CHAMPION Jehue Gordon was seventh in the men 400-metre hurdles in 49.81 seconds while Keston Bledman placed third in 10.23 in the BMW men 100m at Adidas Grand Prix in New York.

Olympic bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon ran 45.68 but placed eighth and last while Cleopatra Borel won the women’s shot put with a throw of 19.04 metres.

Bledman’s performance will put an end to concerns about his injury status after pulling up in a 100m at Clermont, Florida where Richard Thompson was the winner in a wind-aided 9.74 seconds.

Bledman is the defending national 100m champion at this year’s NGC/Sagicor Open Championships, which will be held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo next weekend (June 20-22). The meet will be used to select the Trinidad and Tobago team for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games which will be held at Glassgow, Scotland on July 23 to August 3.

Performances by Richard Thompson, Keston Bledman, Rondel Sorrillo, Marc Burns and Darrel Brown are expected in the men 100m. With the absence of Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Semoy Hackett, young Michelle Lee-Ahye who is ranked fourth in the world on the IAAF performance list with a time of 11.04 seconds will be going head to head with Kai Selvon. Double NCAA 400m Champion Deon Lendore will be looked at to become the national champion running against 2012 Olympic Bronze Medallist Lalonde Gordon and 2006 World Championships Bronze Medallist Renny Quow, 18-year-old Carifta Gold Medallist Machel Cedenio will also be a strong contender.

Friday will be the preliminary rounds of the men and women 100 and 400m events, along with the men 110m hurdles. The men 10,000m finals would be the start of the proceedings, men and women hammer throw finals will also be on show. Gates for Friday 20 will open at 5.30pm. On Saturday the opening ceremony will start at 2pm with the first event being the men shot put at 3pm, gate open at 2.30pm on Sunday.

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