[UPDATED] Jereem eases into 200m semis at Commonwealth Games

Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago races in his heat of the men's 200m during the athletics in the Alexander Stadium at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, on Thursday. (AP Photo)
Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago races in his heat of the men's 200m during the athletics in the Alexander Stadium at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, on Thursday. (AP Photo)

DEFENDING 200-metre Commonwealth Games champion Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago cruised into the semifinals of the event at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games in England, on Thursday.

Richards, who won gold at the 2018 Gold Coast edition, won heat four in round one in a time of 20.68 seconds.

Sibusiso Matsenjwa of Eswatini ended second in 20.79 and also booked a place in the semifinals. Also qualifying from heat four were Warren Hazel of St Kitts and Nevis (21.17) and Ibrahim Bangura of Sierra Leone (21.28).

TT athlete Kyle Greaux clocked 21.01 to finish second in heat five and earn a place in the semifinals. Joseph Amoah of Ghana won the heat in 20.58.

In heat one, TT’s Dwight St Hillaire was second in 20.85 and will also line up in the semifinals. Finishing ahead of St Hillaire was Emmanuel Eseme of Cameron in 20.44.

The men’s 200m semifinals will be held on Friday, from 2.09 pm TT time.

In round one of the women’s 200m, Mauricia Prieto was the only TT athlete to compete.

Prieto finished fourth in heat five to seal a place in the semifinals. The heat was won by Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah in 22.80, who won the 100m title on Wednesday.

The women’s 200m semifinals will take place on Friday, from 3.15 pm.

In the men’s long jump final, Andwuelle Wright was far from his best finishing tenth with a best effort of 7.57m.

A total of 12 athletes started the final and after three jumps the top eight were allowed three more jumps.

Wright did not earn three more jumps as he sat in the tenth position after three rounds. His first attempt was 7.57m, he fouled his second jump and his final effort was 6.86m.

Laquan Nairn of Bahamas won the event with an 8.08m performance.

Tyra Gittens competed in the qualifying round of the women’s high jump.

Gittens ended seventh in Group A and missed out on one of the 12 spots in the final. She was 14th overall among the 18 athletes who competed in the two qualification groups.

In cycling, Teniel Campbell finished a creditable seventh in a field of 31 athletes in the women’s individual time trial final. Campbell finished the 28.8K race in 42 minutes, 07.99 seconds (42:07.99).

Campbell was approximately two minutes slower than Australian Grace Brown who won gold in 40:05.20.

TT continued to have a disappointing campaign in netball. TT lost their fifth consecutive match of the tournament in pool B falling 41-32 to Northern Ireland.

TT were competitive in quarters two, three and four but could not make up the difference after playing a poor first quarter.

Northern Ireland had a 14-5 lead at the end of the first quarter. The teams played to a 10-10 tie in the second quarter, Northern Ireland won the third quarter 8-7 and TT won the fourth 10-9.

In squash, Charlotte Knaggs and Chayse McQuan were eliminated from the main draw after losing to the Canadian pair of Hollie Naughton and Nick Sachvie in the mixed doubles round of 32. The Canadians prevailed 11-7, 11-4.

In table tennis, Derron Douglas and Rheann Chung lost a close match to Colin Dalgleish and Rebecca Plaistow of Scotland in the mixed doubles round of 64.

After losing the first two games 11-9, 11-8, Douglas and Chung fought back to level the contest after winning games three and four 11-5, 11-7. In the fifth and final set, the Scottish pair won 11-9 to seal the contest.

In the ring, boxers Tianna Guy and Nigel Paul both lost.

Guy lost in the women’s over 54-57kg featherweight quarterfinals to Nigerian Elizabeth Oshoba on points.

Paul also fell in the quarterfinals.

Up against Delicious Orie of England in the men’s over 92kg super heavyweight category, Paul was defeated on points.

In beach volleyball, Suraya Chase and Phylecia Armstrong went down to the Sri Lankan pair of Deepika Bandara and Chathurika Weerasinghe in pool B. It was the third consecutive loss for the TT players and they will play no further part in the tournament.

On Friday, TT will be involved in several sports including track and field, netball, squash and table tennis.

Akeem Stewart will be aiming for TT’s first medal in track and field when he lines up in the men’s shot put final from 2.06 pm.

Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago races in his heat of the men's 200 meters during the athletics in the Alexander Stadium at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, on Thursday. (AP Photo)

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DEFENDING 200-metre Commonwealth Games champion Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago cruised into the semifinals of the event at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games in England, on Thursday.

Richards, who won gold at the 2018 Gold Coast edition, won heat four in round one in a time of 20.68 seconds.

Sibusiso Matsenjwa of Eswatini ended second in 20.79 and also booked a place in the semifinals. Also qualifying from heat four were Warren Hazel of St Kitts and Nevis (21.17) and Ibrahim Bangura of Sierra Leone (21.28).

TT athlete Kyle Greaux clocked 21.01 to finish second in heat five and earn a place in the semifinals. Joseph Amoah of Ghana won the heat in 20.58.

In heat one, TT’s Dwight St Hillaire was second in 20.85 and will also line up in the semifinals. Finishing ahead of St Hillaire was Emmanuel Eseme of Cameron in 20.44.

The men’s 200m semifinals will be held on Friday, from 2.09 pm TT time.

In round one of the women’s 200m, Mauricia Prieto was the only TT athlete to compete.

Prieto finished fourth in heat five to seal a place in the semifinals. The heat was won by Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah in 22.80, who won the 100m title on Wednesday.

The women’s 200m semifinals will take place on Friday, from 3.15 pm.

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