media_artricles :: 2015

Golden Quow

Brussels bronze for Walcott

Renny Quow won for the second time in as many post-World Championship meets when he stopped the clock at 45.29 seconds at the Memorial Van Damme IAAF Diamond League final, in Brussels, Belgium, yesterday.

Quow was the class of the nine-man field, the Trinidad and Tobago quartermiler forcing hometown hero Kevin Borlee to settle for the runner-up spot in 45.43. Jamaica's Peter Matthews clocked 45.74 to finish third. And another Borlee, Kevin's younger brother Dylan was sixth in 46.45.

After the race, Quow spoke to the media.

“Circumstances were good tonight. I really like the track and the atmosphere here. It felt good to win here. Running against the Borlees in Brussels motivated me extra to win here.”

On Sunday, in his first outing since earning IAAF World Championship 4x400m silver, Quow won the 400m event at the Meeting Citta di Padova, in Italy, in 45.99 seconds.

Keshorn Walcott bagged bronze in the Memorial Van Damme men's javelin event with an 84.03 metres throw. The T&T athlete finished behind Finland's Tero Pitkamaki, the winner at 87.37m, and German Thomas Rohler (86.56m). Newly-crowned world champion, Kenyan Julius Yego threw 83.82m to finish fourth.

On Tuesday, at the IAAF World Challenge meet in Zagreb, Croatia, Walcott picked up bronze with an 82.99m effort. It was a welcome return to 80-metre territory for the reigning Olympic champion following his disappointing showing at the World Championships, where he threw just 76.83m to finish 26th.

Walcott followed up on the Zagreb bronze with another third-place finish in Brussels.

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