Anthonique Strachan (L) of Bahamas wins the Women's 100 metres Final on the day two of the 14th IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona 2012 (© Getty Images)
The changing wind over the semifinals added some extra drama to today’s final as Brazil’s Tamaris De Liz took advantage of a nearly ideal breeze of 1.7m/s to set a PB of 11.42 to lead the qualifiers while the World leader Bahamas’ Antonique Strachan had to fight against a 2.6 m/s head wind barely seven minutes earlier to win her semi in 11.68. The remaining semi was taken by Turkey’s Nimet Karakus in 11.58.
Once into the final, the long-legged Bahamian had to recover from a poor start – drawn in lane 6 she had the slowest reaction time in 0.207 for Karakus’ 0.158 - and although she was lying in fourth at halfway Strachan regrouped and out-dipped the rest of the field.
Drawn just outside Strachan in lane seven Karakus led until the 70m mark but she was unable to hold off the Bahamian’s majestic strides over the closing stages.
Strachan’s winning time of 11.20 into a perfect tailwind of 1.7m/s is a world leading performance and also a career best for her. Karakus made history for her county by landing the first medal of any colour at the event.
The tight battle for the minor spot on the podium was won by Brazil’s De Liz in 11.45 barely one hundredth of a second quicker than Canada’s Khamica Bingham who found some consolation in a new PB of 11.46.
Next stop for Strachan? The women’s 200m heats to be held as early as tomorrow morning. The newly-minted 100m champion is entered in the second heat at 11.32h and is also the fastest among the field with a 22.75 clocking this season.
The ecstatic winner was quoted as saying: "Because of my injuries I was not sure about my success. When you’re through you are planning everything step by step and the hungriest one gets it. My team is very supportive and they helped me a lot all time keeping such as warming-up. Morever, I hope to win the 200m too. I have moved to train in the US last year and I’m really happy about this move".
Emeterio Valiente for the IAAF
Once into the final, the long-legged Bahamian had to recover from a poor start – drawn in lane 6 she had the slowest reaction time in 0.207 for Karakus’ 0.158 - and although she was lying in fourth at halfway Strachan regrouped and out-dipped the rest of the field.
Drawn just outside Strachan in lane seven Karakus led until the 70m mark but she was unable to hold off the Bahamian’s majestic strides over the closing stages.
Strachan’s winning time of 11.20 into a perfect tailwind of 1.7m/s is a world leading performance and also a career best for her. Karakus made history for her county by landing the first medal of any colour at the event.
The tight battle for the minor spot on the podium was won by Brazil’s De Liz in 11.45 barely one hundredth of a second quicker than Canada’s Khamica Bingham who found some consolation in a new PB of 11.46.
Next stop for Strachan? The women’s 200m heats to be held as early as tomorrow morning. The newly-minted 100m champion is entered in the second heat at 11.32h and is also the fastest among the field with a 22.75 clocking this season.
The ecstatic winner was quoted as saying: "Because of my injuries I was not sure about my success. When you’re through you are planning everything step by step and the hungriest one gets it. My team is very supportive and they helped me a lot all time keeping such as warming-up. Morever, I hope to win the 200m too. I have moved to train in the US last year and I’m really happy about this move".
Emeterio Valiente for the IAAF
