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Solomon golden in Madrid

Jarrin Solomon topped the field in a men’s 400 metres event, at the 33rd Meeting Madrid IAAF World Challenge meet, in Spain, yesterday.

The Trinidad and Tobago quarter-miler got home in 45.20 seconds, the fourth fastest time of his career, to secure gold. Botswana’s Onkabetse Nkobolo clocked 45.36 to finish second, while third spot went to American Joshua Mance in 45.85.

Solomon’s T&T teammate, Renny Quow competed in the other men’s 400m race, the 2015 national champion finishing sixth in 45.37 seconds. Abdelalelah Haroun was the class of the field, the 18-year-old Qatari sensation completing his lap of the track in 44.63 to strike gold. American David Verburg claimed silver in 44.72, ahead of Saudi Arabia’s Yousef Ahmed Masrahi (44.79).

Jehue Gordon produced a 49.53 seconds run to finish fifth in the men’s 400m hurdles. Top spot went to Bahamian Jeffery Gibson in 48.89. Gibson finished ahead of American Jeshua Anderson, the runner-up in 49.14 seconds, and Nigeria’s Miles Ukaoma (49.29). Reigning Commonwealth Games champion, Cornel Fredericks was fourth in 49.50, the South African finishing just ahead of Gordon.

For Gordon, the 49.53 run was a big improvement on the 50.07 seconds clocking he produced in finishing eighth and last at Thursday’s Athletissima IAAF Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 23-year-old T&T athlete is preparing for the defence of his IAAF World Championship title in Beijing, China, next month.

At the World University Games, in Gwangju, Korea, on Friday, T&T’s Kyle Stanley returned a time of one minute, 57.80 seconds to finish eighth in his first round heat. The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) student did not qualify for yesterday’s semi-final round.

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