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‘Big Girl’ Khalifa: T&T sprint star celebrates sweet silver
Kwame Laurence :: Trinidad Express :: 31.07.2018No more Carifta for me, no more Pan Am Juniors. It's just 'Big Girl' races from now on." Khalifa St Fort was all smiles at the Rafael Cotes Stadium here in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Monday night, following her first-ever podium finish in an individual event at a major senior championship.
The 20-year-old Trinidad and Tobago sprinter clocked a windy 11.15 seconds to claim Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games silver, behind Jamaican Jonielle Smith, the gold medallist in 11.04.
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SWEET SILVER: Khalifa St Fort proudly displays her Central American and Caribbean Games women's 100 metres silver medal, following yesterday's victory ceremony at the Rafael Cotes Stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia. —Photo: KWAME LAURENCE
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