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Lendore wins men’s 400m in Oregon

Deon Lendore captured the men’s 400 metres title at the FloTrack Throwdown meet in Oregon, United States, on Saturday. The Trinidad and Tobago quartermiler stopped the clock at 45.77 seconds to finish ahead of Americans Jeremy Wariner (46.03) and Mike Berry (46.10).

Lendore is on the comeback trail after succumbing to injury in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Outdoor Track and Field Championship men’s 400m final, in Oregon, on June 12. Two Saturdays ago, he ran his first race since the NCAA disappointment, the 22-year-old athlete clocking 45.94 to finish sixth in the American Track League one-lap event, in Atlanta.

Lendore was not fit enough to compete at the NGC-Sagicor National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) Open Championships, in late June, and requested an exemption. Now that he is fit again and back in competition, the Texas A&M University student is hoping to be selected for the August 22-30 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.

Before his injury, Lendore was in fine form, clocking a season’s best 44.41 seconds on May 16 for gold at the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Outdoor Championships, in Mississippi.

Lendore is joint-eighth with American David Verburg on the 2015 world outdoor performance list. Another T&T quartermiler, Machel Cedenio is joint-sixth with American LaShawn Merritt at 44.36 seconds.

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