The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

Quarter-miler Henri Delauze joined fellow Grand Bahamian swimmer Joanna Evans in winning a medal for the Bahamas at the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, over the weekend.

On Saturday, Delauze produced a personal best of 46.91 seconds to pick up the bronze medal in the men’s A 400 metre final at the OS. Winning the gold was Jamaica’s Martin Manley in 46.31 and Karabo Sibanda of Botswana also did a personal best of 46.76 for the silver.

The performance by Delauze and Evans left the Bahamas with two medals - albeit a pair of bronze - duplicating the feat at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, last month where Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace secured the first medal in the women’s 50m butterfly with a silver and Jeffery Gibson followed with a bronze in the men’s 400m hurdles.

TRACK AND FIELD

Team Bahamas was still celebrating the success of Delauze and was hoping for a couple more with more competitors entered in a final in their respective events at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.

Serena Brown came the closest to getting on the podium as well with her fourth in the women’s discus B final with a heave of 38.90 metres or 127-feet, 7-inches. Brown was the only one on the eight-member athletic team who competed in a field event.

Winning the gold was Janell Fullerton of Jamaica with 43.36m (43.36). The silver went to Alexandra Kalman of Hungary with 42.05m (137-11). The bronze was won by Yerilda Zapata of Venezuela with 41.86m (137.4).

In the women’s 400m B final, Shaquania Dorsett got sixth in 55.56. Winning the gold in 54.48 was Yana Kachura of the Ukraine. Jamaica’s Tiffany James ran 54.54 for the silver and Venezuela’s Maria Simancas got the bronze in 54.92. 

Also on the track, Janae Ambrose had to settle for fifth place in the women’s 100m A final in 11.85. Xiaojing Liang of China took the gold in 11.65. Paraskevi Andreou of Cyprus picked up the silver in 11.71 and the bronze went to Sam Geddes of Australia in 11.76.

And Tyler Bowe came 8th in the men’s A 100m final in 10.98. The gold went to Sydney Siame of Zambia in 10.56. Kenta Oshima of Japan got the silver in 10.57 and Australia’s Trae Williams was the bronze medallist in 10.60.

Today, Dreshanae Rolle is scheduled to compete in the B final of the women’s 400m hurdles. She will run out of lane five as the final chance for the Bahamas to get an individual medal.

The only other event left on Tuesday as the athletic competition comes to a close is the 8 x 100m mixed team relay. With only eight athletes on the team, it seems as if Serena Brown may have to run if the Bahamas intends to compete.

SWIMMING

After a couple days off to recuperate from her bronze medal in her specialty with two national records in the 800m free, Evans was back in the pool in the 400m free on Friday at the Nanjing OSC Natatorium, but while she won her heat in 4:13.74, she was fifth in the final in 4:12.14. Her latter time was established as another national record, surpassing the split of 4:17.11 she set in the first 400m as she went on to lower her national 800m free record to 8:39.75.

Hannah Moore of the United States won the gold in 4:11.05 with the silver going to Sarisa Suwannachet of Thailand in 4:11.23. Kathrin Demler of Germany took the bronze in 4:11.25.

Also on the final day of swimming, Laura Morley produced a national record in finishing eighth in the last of three heats in the women’s 200m breastroke in a time of 2:36.42. She didn’t advance to the final that was won by Anastasiya Malyavina of the Ukraine in 2:26.43.

The other member of the team was Dustin Tynes, who advanced to the semifinal of the men’s 100m breastroke and also competed in the 50m breast.

TENNIS

Grand Bahamian Rodney Carey and his Czech Republic’s teammate Simona Heinova saw their run in the mixed doubles come to an end as they got eliminated by the team of Jil Teichmann of Switzerland and Jan Stanislaw Zielinski of Poland in two set scores of 6-3, 6-3. The other member of the Bahamian team was Justin Roberts, who didn’t advance out of the first round in his singles, doubles or mixed doubles.

SAILING

After two days of inactivity because of the rough seas in the Jinniu Lake Sailing Venue, opening ceremonies flag bearer Paul de Souza closed out competition in sailing with a 23rd position out of a field of 30 competitors in the Byte CII - Men’s One Person Dinghy. The gold went to Cheok Khoon Bernie Chin of Singapore, the silver to Rodolfo Pires of Portugal and the bronze to Jonatan Vadnai of Hungary.

The games, designed for athletes between the ages of 15-18, will come to a close on Thursday.