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Ahye sixth, Baptiste eighth in Women’s 100m final

MICHELLE-LEE Ahye and Kelly-Ann Baptiste finished sixth and eighth respectively in the women's 100-metre final at the 2017 London IAAF World Championships, yesterday.

Ahye was sixth in 11.01 seconds and Baptiste was eighth in 11.09. American Tori Bowie won gold in 10.85, Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast earned silver in 10.86 and Dafne Schippers of Netherlands copped bronze in 10.96. Jamaican Olympic champion Elaine Thompson had to settle for fifth place in 10.98. 

Earlier in the day, Ahye (11.04) and Baptiste (11.07) qualified for the final after finishing third in heat one and heat three respectively in the semi-finals. 

Machel Cedenio and Lalonde Gordon did not qualify for the men's 400m final. In heat two of the semi-finals, Gordon was fifth in 45.20 in a heat won by South African Wayde Van Niekerk in 44.22. In heat three, Cedenio was seventh in 45.91 in a race won by Isaac Makwala of Botswana in 44.30. The first two in each of the three heats and the next two fastest athletes qualified for the final. 

It was a rough day for TT in the women's 400m and men's 110m hurdles events. Domonique Williams did not advance to the semi-finals of the women's 400m after finishing eighth and last in heat four in 53.72. Winning the heat was Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain in 50.57 in a new Bahrain record. The top three in each of the six heats plus the next six fastest athletes qualified for the semi-finals. In the men's 110m hurdles, the TT duo of Ruebin Walters and Mikel Thomas failed to advance to the semi-finals. 

Walters was sixth in 13.63 in heat two which was won by American Devon Allen in 13.26. 

Running in heat five Thomas was seventh in 13.98, while Orlando Ortega of Spain won the heat in 13.37. The first four in each of the five heats advanced to the semi-finals plus the next four fastest athletes. 

Today, national athlete Sparkle McKnight will compete in heat one of the women's 400m hurdles. 

In the men's 200m heats, Jereem Richards will line up in heat two and Kyle Greaux will run in heat five. 

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