The Tribune

By TENAJH SWEETING

Tribune Sports Reporter

tsweeting@tribunemedia.net

Following their respective stints in the finals of the sprints and hurdles at the 19th World Athletics Championships, Bahamians Anthonique Strachan and Devynne Charlton are expected to compete at the Zurich Diamond League meet in Switzerland today.

After wrapping up their Budapest, Hungary, experience with fourth (Charlton) and sixth-place finishes, both ladies will look to earn a spot in the Diamond League Final scheduled for September 16-17.

Charlton, who was one position shy of a podium spot at the World Championships, will step on the track against familiar competitors today in the women’s 100-metres (m) hurdles.

Her competitors will include the newly-crowned world champion Danielle Williams, second place finisher at the World Championships Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, former world record holder Kendra Harrison, the United States of America’s (USA) Nia Ali, Alaysha Johnson and Tia Jones.

Additionally, the event will include Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji and Poland’s Pia Skrzyszowska.

At the culmination of last week’s World Championships, Charlton got off to a strong start in the hurdles finals but stopped the clock at 12.52 seconds for fourth position.

She was one of two members from Team Bahamas to actually advance and compete in the finals at the World Championships.

After notching a new national record with the time of 12.44 seconds and coming in one position behind of a medal at the previous track meet, the 27-year-old will mean business in her quest to advance to the Diamond League Final.

Strachan, who is having one of her best track seasons to date, will also be in action at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, for the women’s 200m sprint event today.

The sprinter ended her World Championships experience with a sixth place finish in her first global final.

The 30-year-old will return to the track to run against two-time world champion Shericka Jackson, Great Britain’s Daryll Neita and the USA’s Gabby Thomas, Twanisha Terry, Brittany Brown, Tamara Clark and Kayla White.

Strachan is slated to compete today at 4:04pm. Meanwhile, Charlton will be on the track at 4:33pm in Switzerland. The event will be streamed on the Peacock and NBC Network.

The 2023 Zurich Diamond League in Switzerland will be followed by the Diamond League Xiamen in China on September 2.

The next Diamond League Meet will continue in Brussels, Belgium, on September 8.

And the Diamond League Final will be the last stop in Eugene, Oregon (USA) September 16-17. The Diamond League meets began in May this year.