Hockey men hammer depleted Cuba 13-0
Trinidad and Tobago secured a medal--a belated bronze--in the men's 4x100 metres relay, at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, yesterday.
Rondel Sorrillo, Keston Bledman, Emmanuel Callender and Dan-Neil Telesford finished fourth in the final in 38.69 seconds. But the Canadians, the first team home in 38.06, were disqualified for a lane violation, and T&T were promoted to third.
United States, originally second in 38.27, were upgraded to gold, with the silver going to Brazil. The Brazilians got the baton round the track in 38.68 to edge out T&T by a hair's breadth.
At first, the protest against the Canadians was thrown out. But that decision was subsequently overturned, and T&T's precious metal count at the Games went up to seven--two gold medals, three silver, and two bronze.
After press time, last night, the T&T men's and women's 4x400m teams battled for precious metal.
T&T took advantage of a depleted Cuba outfit, yesterday, whipping the northern Caribbean team 13-0 to finish seventh in the men's hockey competition.
In a Pool "A" match, two Thursdays ago, the teams battled to a two-all draw. But the Cubans only fielded eight players in the seventh-place playoff, and T&T capitalised on the three-man advantage.
At the halftime interval, 11-man T&T led 6-0. Seven more goals were added in the second period of play.
For T&T, midfielder Mickell Pierre and forward Kiel Murray scored three goals apiece, and Jordan Reynos and Dillet Gilkes added two each. The other three items were notched by Kristien Emmanuel, Ishmael Campbell, and Stefan Mouttet.
Cyclist Emile Abraham finished eighth in the men's road race. The veteran wheelman completed the 165-kilometre event in three hours, 46 minutes, 35 seconds. Abraham was a silver medallist in the road race at the 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Venezuela's Miguel Ubeto Aponte struck gold in the 2015 road race, forcing American Eric Marcotte and Canadian Guillaume Boivin to settle for silver and bronze, respectively. All three cyclists clocked 3:46:26.
Pan Am Games women's shot put champion Cleopatra Borel continued her fine run of form, picking up from where she left off in Toronto with a third-place finish at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games IAAF Diamond League meet, in London, England, yesterday.
Borel threw the iron ball 18.53 metres, while the winner, American Michelle Carter produced a 19.74m effort. New Zealand's two-time Olympic champion, Valerie Adams was second with an 18.59m throw.