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Mark-Baird golden again at World Masters

Marsha Mark-Baird captured her second gold medal at the 2016 World Masters Track and Field Championships, in Perth, Australia, yesterday. The Trinidad and Tobago athlete topped the women's 40-44 javelin field with a 40.13 metres throw. On Saturday, she had retained her heptathlon title, accumulating 5,390 points in the seven-discipline event.

Mark-Baird led a T&T one-two finish in the javelin, Geraldine George taking silver with a 39.33m effort. Belgium's Anne Hokja (39.18m) bagged bronze.

Men's 35-39 100 metres silver medallist Dwayne Caines remained on course for a second medal in Perth when he advanced to the semi-finals of the 200m. In the opening round, the T&T athlete clocked 22.73 seconds to win heat one. The semis and final will be contested today.

Albert St. Louis, Philbert Ryce, Inga McIntyre and Joan Hospedales advanced from the heats in their respective 200m events. St. Louis was fourth fastest in the men's 40-44 prelims in 22.89. Ryce was second fastest in the 45-49 category in 23.37. McIntyre is into the women's 35-39 semis after finishing third in heat four in 26.71. T&T's other entrant, Donelle Stafford was disqualified for running out of her lane. And in the women's 50-54 prelims, Hospedales was 17th fastest at 31.21 seconds.

Ruth Frazer-Munroe was disqualified in the women's 75-79 10,000m race walk. She had suffered the same fate in last Thursday's 5,000m race walk.

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