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he indomitable but humble spirit of world indoor record holder Devynne Charlton was on full display at the 2025 World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, where she emerged as the two-time indoor champion in the women’s 60 metres hurdles finals. Last year was a storybook run for Charlton who recorded personal bests, national records and came away as the world indoor record holder to close out the indoor season but this time around her journey to the gold medal was not as seamless. Nonetheless, she prevailed in
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Devynne Charlton brings home gold By TENAJH SWEETING Tribune Sports Reporter tsweeting@tribunemedia.net
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the women’s 60m hurdles with a season’s best time of 7.72 seconds, earning her second straight world indoor championship. The 29-year-old Olympian returned home on Tuesday and the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) held a luncheon yesterday at the Cricket Club to honour her historic feat and celebrate the remaining members of Team Bahamas for their performances in China. Charlton admitted that it felt surreal to take the world indoor crown against a stacked field for the second straight year after a rocky start to her season. “Seeing my name pop up was kind of surreal. I am still in a little bit in disbelief because I am just looking at how my season went versus how the race turned out. You had to be a little bit delusional thinking that I could go in running the way I was and come out the world champion but you embrace the delusion,” she said. Prior to the world indoors, Charlton owned a season’s best time of 7.82 seconds which was a step slower than the 7.67 seconds she posted at the Millrose Games last season. Despite having just the eighth fastest time in the world headed into the global event, she pulled together her best stretch of races for the season. She clocked 7.94 seconds in the heats then shaved some time off the clock in the semis for a finishing mark of 7.82 seconds. She gutted out a season’s best time of 7.72 seconds
into her title defence. “Heading into the race, I kind of had a second of reality where I am just like I am not where I want to be or prefer to be physically so I kind of had to rely on my mentality, my headspace and my instinct. Going into the call room
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for the final race, I am just like I just have to do what I know how to do and that’s execute a good race. I knew that once I got out and got the start that I needed I could just kind of muscle memory my way to
THREE Bahamian masters athletes saw action yesterday at the 2025 World Masters Athletics (WMA) World Indoor Championships at the Alachua County Sports and Event Center in Gainesville, Florida. Dr Brian Humblestone was the only Bahamian to advance out of the prelims yesterday. Competing out of heat two, Dr Humblestone got his legs under him to run a time of 46.39 seconds to finish in third place in the men’s 200m 85-89 semis. He qualified in the top six and posted the fifth fastest time headed into today’s finals. Dr Humblestone, who trains under Mike Armbrister, said it felt good to advance, especially considering it has been awhile since he has “competed seriously.” “It feels good. I have never been in these sports before. I used to run as a kid but it’s been a long time since I competed seriously so it feels good.” He will return to action in the finals today at 3:50pm. According to Dr Humblestone, he has a chance to at least secure a top three spot in the final round. “I think I can place and I have a chance for a medal. I am fairly confident for a medal and I shall be disappointed if I do not get at least a bronze. I will try and rely on the Almighty (God) for my health,” he said. Olympian and masters 55-59 400m world record holder Timothy Munnings did not fare as well in the prelims of the men’s 200m
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WORLD INDOORS DOUBLE CHAMP: The two-time world indoor gold medallist Devynne Charlton returned home to celebrate with family and friends at a welcome home soirée hosted by the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) at the Cricket Club yesterday. Above, she is pictured sharing a special gold-medal moment with BAAA president Drumeco Archer. in a closely contested women’s 60m hurdles final to defend her title in the event. Charlton, who had to battle back from a chipped bone injury and muscle strain headed into indoor season, expressed that she was not confident going
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BAHAMIANS SUFFER LOSSES IN THE NBA By TENAJH SWEETING Tribune Sports Reporter tsweeting@tribunemedia.net BAHAMIAN National Basketball Association (NBA) pros all experienced losses on Tuesday night on the West and East coast. Grand Bahamian sharpshooter Chavano “Buddy” Hield and the Golden State Warriors came up short against the ? 112-86 at the Kaseya Centre in Miami, Florida. Hield produced 10 points and three rebounds in 26 minutes of action. He shot 3-for-8 from the field and
2-for-5 from long range. The Dallas Mavericks fell against the New York Knicks 128-113 at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Bahamian big man Kai Jones put up nine points, eight rebounds and two assists in 24 minutes in the starting lineup. He shot 3-for-6 from the field and was perfect at the charity stripe, going 2-for-2. Three-point specialist Klay Thompson had a tough shooting night. He went 2-for-11 from the field
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THE SPORTS March CALENDAR BASKETBALL PEACE ON DA STREET FAMILY NIGHT PLANS are underway for the staging of the Peace on Da Streets’ Basketball Classics’ Road to 30 years of existence. The event, being organised by the Hope Center under the theme “Shooting hoops instead of guns,” will be held from July 14-19 at the
Michael ‘Scooter’ Reid Basketball Center. The highlight of the event will be the Family Night, scheduled for Sunday, July 20 at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium when the finals in all of the divisions will take place, starting at 3pm. There will also be the Mr Ship It Three-point shootout and the Joe’s Slam Dunk
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