The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

MOSCOW, Russia: An appearance in the final of the women's 200 metres for Shaunae Miller; Anthonique Strachan misses out by the slimmest of margins; an early exit for the men's 4x400 metre relay and sixth and tenth place in the men's high jump final for Donald Thomas and Ryan Ingraham respectively...

It was a dramatic day for The Bahamas as day six wrapped up at the Luzhniki Grand Sports Complex at the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow today.

Of all the performances, the men's relay team was the most shocking as the team of Chris 'Fireman' Brown, Wesley Neymour, LaToy Williams and O'Jay Ferguson could muster no better than a fourth place finish in the last of three heats in three minutes and 2.67 seconds.

They placed 13th overall as the Bahamas missed a chance to go for another medal coming off the gold won at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, albeit minus three members - Demetrius Pinder, Ramon Miller and Michael Mathieu - all suffering from injuries.

The good news is that Miller, whose coach George Cleare had opted for her not to run her specialty - the 400m - here, stormed from behind after getting left in the blocks to book her spot into the final on Friday night.

In the first of two heats, Miller came back to clock 22.64 seconds for second place in heat one behind Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast and the fifth fastest qualifying time.

She will run out of lane eight in the final, starting at 9:15 pm or 1:15 pm (ET). Strachan, on the other hand, tried to come back after falling trailing the field in heat three, but she didn't make up sufficient ground to get in.

Her time of 22.81 was good enough for third place.

She, however, was just one tenth of a second from getting the eighth and final spot in the final.

In the first final contested by the Bahamas, Thomas soared 2.32 metres or 7-feet, 7 1/4-inches) that enabled him to clinch sixth spot. Ingraham, making his debut at the global senior level, did 2.25m (7-4 1/2) that had his tied for tenth place.

Bohdan Bondarenko from Ukraine attempted a world record of 2.46 (8-0 34), but missed on all three attempts. He took the gold instead with a championship record and a world leading mark of 2.41m (7-10 3/4).