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Golden Gala bronze
Kwame Laurence :: Trinidad Express :: 08.06.2017Keshorn Walcott and Michelle-Lee Ahye both earned bronze medals at the Golden Gala IAAF Diamond League meet in Rome, Italy, yesterday.
Walcott threw an impressive 86.61 metres for third spot in a high-quality men's javelin competition, the Trinidad and Tobago athlete finishing behind Germans Thomas Rohler (90.06m) and Johannes Vetter (88.15m).
Walcott's 86.61m effort was a season's best, bettering the 84.16m produced by the 2012 Olympic champion in his 2017 opener in Vantaa, Finland, two Saturdays ago.
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PUMPED UP: Keshorn Walcott reacts during competition yesterday in the men's javelin event at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meet at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy. Walcott captured bronze with a throw of 86.61 metres while Michelle-Lee Ahye clocked 11.07 seconds to take third place in the women's 100 metres. -Photo: AFP
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