Saturday, September 12, 2009

At the home of the Olympics

The competitions are finally drawing to a close. By the end of the day today, the finals of most events in the VTB Bank World Athletics Finals will be complete. Of interest to readers might be the competition held on the track, specifically the women's 100m Hurdles.

At the beginning of the race, the order of runners was:
  • Lacena Golding-Clarke (JAM)
  • Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM)
  • Damu Cherry (USA)
  • Priscilla Lopes-Schleep (CAN)
  • Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM)
  • Dawn Harper (USA)
  • Perdita Felicien (CAN)
  • Danielle Caruthers (USA)
Little more than 12 seconds after the starters pistol had sounded, the race was over ... and the results:
  • Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM-12.58)
  • Dawn Harper (USA-12.61)
  • Deloreen Ennis-London (JAM-12.61)
  • Priscilla Lopes-Schleep (CAN-12.61)
  • Perdita Felicien (CAN-12.61)
  • Damu Cherry (USA-12.75)
  • Lacena Golding-Clarke (JAM-13.03)
  • Danielle Caruthers (USA-13.37)

Talk about a photo finish! Watch the video coverage of the race, and check out the photo finish for this one.

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