World Championship Round Up
Published:Wednesday | August 19, 2009 | 9:12 AM
The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt of Jamaica will continue his bid for the sprint double at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany when he contests the semi-final of the 200 metres on today’s fifth day of competition.
Bolt has already won the 100-metre gold in an awesome world record 9.58 seconds on Sunday.
He will contest the first semi-final of the half-lap event at 12:25 this afternoon Jamaica time following an easy victory in yesterday’s quarterfinal.
Bolt’s Jamaican teammate Steve Mullings will run in the second semi-final at 12:33. Mullings advanced out of the quarterfinals with the fastest qualifying time of 20.23.
Four other Jamaicans will contest semi-finals this morning.
Ricardo Chambers will run in Heat Three of the men’s 400-metre semi-final at 11:29, while Delloreen Ennis-London, Brigitte Foster-Hylton and Lacena Golding-Clarke will contest the semi-finals of the women’s 100-metre hurdles.
Ennis-London will be the first in action at 11:45 followed by Foster-Hylton at 11:53 and Golding-Clarke at 12:01.
Meanwhile, the country’s medal tally now stands at five after Shericka Williams sped to a silver medal in the women’s 400 metres yesterday.
Williams, who also won the silver at last year’s Beijing Olympics, clocked a personal best 49.32 to finish behind the Jamaican-born American Sanya Richards, who took gold in a world leading 49 seconds flat.
Russian Antonina Krivoshapka, 49.71, won the bronze ahead of Jamaican Novlene Williams-Mills, who ended fourth in a season-best 49.77.
In the men’s 400-metre hurdles final, Danny McFarlane, the 2004 Olympic silver medallist, finished out of the medals.
The Jamaican ended sixth in 49.65. American Kerron Clement, in a world leading 47.91, won the gold to successfully defend his title
The women’s final is slated for tomorrow with two of the three Jamaicans in the medal round.
They are Beijing Olympic gold medallist Melaine Walker, who won the first semi-final in a season-best 53.26 and Kaliese Spencer, who took the second semi-final in 54.37.