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Wednesday 28
June 2006 Sinclair targets qualifying mark for World Cup …
After a successful start to the season, Commonwealth Games silver medallist Kenia Sinclair, is now targeting the 1500m qualifying time for the IAAF World Cup in Athens, Greece. With Cuban World champion Zulia Calatayud already a sure pick for the 10th IAAF World Cup in Athens, Greece, in September, Sinclair, who broke her own Jamaican 800m record this season, has decided to try the 1500m. Despite running a season's best of 1 minute 58.16 seconds in the 800m, which is faster than Calatayud's 1:58.18, Sinclair is ranked five places below the Cuban in the IAAF World Event Rankings and she feels her best chance of making it to Greece is to look at the 1500m, an event in which no Central America-Caribbean (CAC) athlete is ranked in the top 20. "Presently I'm ranked number six in the 800m and the Cuban (Calatayud) is ranked number one, so she is in pole position to qualify for the World Cup since they are using the world ranking," said Sinclair, who won the 800m and 1500m double at the Jamaica National Track and Field Championships in Kingston at the weekend. Her winning times were 2:00.91 (800m) and 4:19.70 (1500m). "Therefore, I will have to try the 1500m where there is no one from the CAC region ranked in the top-20. I have already competed in three 1500m races this season, so I just need to complete two more to get five points, so I can improve in the world rankings to advance to the World Cup." Sinclair currently holds a season's best of 4:08.89, a time she clocked to finish second to Sarah Jamieson of Australia at the adidas Track Classic at the Home Depot Center in Southern California on May 21. She, however has a personal best of 4:07.11 and is currently the only regional athlete on the top list of competitors in the event this season. Yadvendrasinhji for JAAA |
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