Sanique Walker ran a brilliant lifetime best in Glasgow Scotland on Friday to win the women’s 400m hurdles on day nine of the 23rd Commonwealth Games.
Wayne Walker tells us more.
Walker ran a controlled race to win Jamaica’s fourth straight Commonwealth Gold in the event in 54 seconds flat, while her compatriot Shian Salmon fell away in the stretch and had to settle for fifth in 55.54 seconds
Walker’s was Jamaica’s fifth gold medal at the Games after Demario Prince, Samantha Hall, Romaine Beckford and Tajay Gayle..
Jamaica picked up three other medals in athletics on the day.
National champion Assinie Wilson secured bronze in the men’s 400m hurdles in 49.22 seconds, Ezekiel Nathaniel of South Africa won in 48.47 seconds
Chris Taylor also won bronze in the men’s 200m, he clocked a lifetime best 20.11 seconds as World Championship finalist Sinesipo Damile of South Africa won in 19.96 seconds.
Jevaughn Powell was fifth in 20.26 seconds.
Alana Reid closed out the day for Jamaica with a bronze in the women’s 200m final in 22.56, Ashanti Moore just missed the podium, she was one hundreths of a second begin Reid in fourth in 22.57 with Lavanya Williams fifth in 22.62 seconds.
Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands won in 22.07 seconds.
Jamaica qualified for the final of the mixed 4x400m relay after placing third in heat one in 3.17.36 seconds.
President of the Jamaica Olympic Association, Christopher Samuda is in Scotland with the team.
Meanwhile, Saturday will see the Jamaica National Netball team facing Australia in one semi-final at 7 o’clock in the morning Jamaica time with England against champions New Zealand in the other at 9am.
Coach Sasher-Gaye Henry-Wright told Nationwide Sports that her team will have to be switched throughout the encounter against arguably the best team in the world.
Sasher Gaye Henry.
