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Walcott, Gordon selected for World Champs

OLYMPIC JAVELIN king Keshorn Walcott and reigning World 400-metre hurdles champion Jehue Gordon are among a field of 21 athletes who will represent the twin-island republic at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China from August 22-30.

The 22-year-old Walcott has enjoyed a successful 2015 thus far, having claimed gold at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada and also becoming the first Trinidad and Tobago javelin thrower to go over 90 metres when he set a personal best of 90.16m at the IAAF Diamond League Meet in Lausanne, Switzerland in July.

Gordon missed the Pan Am Games due to injury, but the gold medallist at the 2013 World Champs in Moscow, Russia (with a personal best clocking of 47.69 seconds) will be seeking to prove that his effort then was no fluke.

Other key inclusions in the Trinidad and Tobago team are quartermilers Machel Cedenio and Olympic bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon, Pan Am shot put queen Cleopatra Borel and teenaged sensation Khalifa St Fort. In related news, St Fort’s coach Ato Boldon, the quadruple Olympic medallist, will accompany the team as one of the sprint coaches.

Trinidad and Tobago World Championships team (specialties in brackets) –

MALE: Keston Bledman (100 metres/4x100-metre relay), Rondell Sorrillo (100m/4x100m relay), Dan-Neil Telesford (4x100m relay), Emmanuel Callender (4x100m relay), Kyle Greaux (200m/4x100m relay), Mikel Thomas (110m hurdles/ 4x100m relay), Machel Cedenio (400m/4x400m relay), Renny Quow (400m/4x400m relay), Jarrin Solomon (400m/4x400m relay), Lalonde Gordon (400m/4x400m relay), Deon Lendore (4x400m relay), Jehue Gordon (400m hurdles/ 4x400m relay), Keshorn Walcott (javelin).

FEMALE: Kelly-Ann Baptiste (100m/4x100m relay), Khalifa St Fort (100m/4x100m relay), Michelle- Lee Ahye (100m/4x100m relay), Semoy Hackett (100m/200m/4x100m relay), Reyare Thomas (200m/4x100m relay), Kamaria Durant (200m/4x100m relay), Sparkle McKnight (400m hurdles), Cleopatra Borel (shot put).

OFFICIALS: Dr Ian Hypolite (coach); Ato Boldon (sprints and relays coach); Edwin Skinner, Charles Joseph, Gunness Persad (sprints, hurdles and relay coaches); Ismael Lopez Mastrapa (throws coach); Dexter Voisin (manager); Dr Anyl Gopeesingh, Dr Verne Alleyne, Ian Sharpe, Zephyrinus Nicholas, Nicole Fuentes (medical).

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