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Silver for Lee Ahye
Trinidad Guardian :: 23.07.2016&T olympic athlete Michelle Lee Ahye placed second in the Women's Final of the 100 metre dash at the IAAF Diamond League (London Anniversary Games) winning silver .
The athlete completed the race with a time of 10.99 seconds and will now head to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to join the rest of Tweam T&T for the pre-Olympic camp.
Yesterday, Keshorn Walcott placed second in the men's javellin event at the the same competition. Walcott, who is the reigning Olympic champion of teh 2008 Games, had a best attempt of 83.60 metres to finish second behind Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch, who won with a distance of 85.72 metres.
Another T&T Olympic athlete, Richard Thompson was eliminated in the qualifying round of the men's 100 metres dash, and finished 14th overall.
The pre-Olympic camp is expected to run until August 4. The Olympics take place from August 5 to 21.
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T&T AHYEE MOVING FAST: Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, centre, Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou, right and Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle-Lee Ahye placed second in heat 2 of the Women's 100m, during the Diamond League anniversary games at The Stadium, in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, today (Saturday). (AP)
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