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Monday,
March 13, 2006 Sinclair gives Jamaica lone medal
"This is something special, but it was tough, definitely not the way I wanted it to be. It was too risky to come from behind so I went into the lead from the start. Now I am full of new motivation for my career," said an ecstatic Mutola. No other athlete in the history of the championships has won more than five titles. The 25-year-old Sinclair continued to advertise her credentials as a rising star for the Caribbean track and field powerhouse and with Mutola fly straight to Melbourne for the Commonwealth Games. Grenada's Alleyne Francique became only the second man to repeat as 400-metre champion when he won the gold medal in the event. Jamaica’s Davian Clarke, a silver medallist behind Francique two years ago in Budapest, finished fourth in 45.93 seconds. The English-speaking Caribbean secured one other medal as the three-day meet finished in triumph for the local Russian team, edging the Americans to top the medal table. Bahamian Christine Amertil won bronze in the women's 400 metres. The men's 1600-metre relay served up catastrophic preliminaries for top Caribbean teams Jamaica and The Bahamas, both failing to finish. Lansford Spence, the final leg runner, collided with France's third leg runner at the changeover and fell to the track, dashing Jamaica's hopes of repeating their gold medal run of two years ago in Budapest. The Bahamas also failed to finish in their qualifying race. The USA won the final in three minutes 03.24 seconds, ahead of Poland (3:04.67) and Russia (3:06.91) with the Dominican Republic getting fifth in 3:08.47. The Jamaicans got fifth in the women's 1600-metre relay final in a national record 3:29.24. Sinclair's medal placed Jamaica joint 16th with eight countries. At the last Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Jamaica won one gold (men's 4x400m), two silver (Davian Clarke - 400m, James Beckford - long jump) and two bronze (Germaine Mason - high jump, Maurice Wignall - 60m hurdles).
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Half-miler
Kenia Sinclair captured Jamaica's only medal as the 11th IAAF World
Indoor Championships ended in Moscow, Russia yesterday. Sinclair took
the silver in the 800 metres in a new national record, 1 minute 58.90
seconds, trailing Mozambique Maria Mutola, who notched up a record
seventh World Indoor title. Morocco's Hasna Benhassi took the bronze in
2:00.34.
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