SPORTS SECTION E
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025
Kendrick Thompson 8th best in the world By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net TOKYO, Japan — Kendrick Thompson capped off Team Bahamas’ appearance at the 20th World Athletics (Outdoor) Championships with an eighth-place finish in the men’s decathlon. With the rain pouring inside the Japan National Stadium on Sunday night, Thompson clocked four minutes and 32.26 seconds
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RHEMA OTABOR 15TH OVERALL IN WORLD IN JAVELIN
Completes gruelling decathlon at 20th World Outdoor Championships in Japan
By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
for his fifth personal best performance in the 10 events contested over the last two days of the championships. He finished the race in 10th place for 730 points to bring his overall total to 8,175 pts to wrap up the appearance of The Bahamas’ 15-member team at the biggest international global meet outside of the Olympic Games. “It feels good to be at number eight in the world,” Thompson said. “I’ve always dreamed about the top eight in the world and now I am here.” The three medals went to Leo Neugebauer of Germany with 8,804, Ayden Owens-Delerme of Puerto Rico getting the silver with a national record of 8,784 and American Kyle Garland settling for the bronze with 8,703. “This was a really tough field,” Thompson pointed out. “We had number ones in the world and top 20 guys in the world, so to come out in eighth place with them is special,” he added.
TOKYO, Japan — After falling short of advancing to the final at the Olympic Games last year, national record holder Rhema Otabor was hoping that she would make it at the 20th World Athletics (Outdoor) Championships. On Friday at the Japan National Stadium, Otabor had to settle for 15th overall in the javelin after placing seventh in Group B with her best toss of 197-feet or 60.06 metres on her first attempt. She just missed making the final by three spots. After she scratched her second attempt, she seemed to have gotten off a fantastic heave on the third and final try, but it was shorter than her first one. Although she fell short once again of making it back for a final, the 22-yearold Pan American Games silver medallist in 2023 in Santiago, Chile, said she’s still pleased with her performance. “It was a better performance for me in comparison to my last few meets, but I fell short of making the final and that
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KENDRICK THOMPSON, of The Bahamas, reacts in the decathlon pole vault at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Sunday, September 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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TEAM BAHAMAS’ PERFORMANCES TOKYO, Japan — Here’s a look at how The Bahamas’ 15-member team fared at the 20th World (Outdoor) Championships September 13-21. Women’s 100m Anthaya Charlton advanced to the semifinals with fifth in heat three in 11.18 seconds for 19th overall. - Charlton was sixth in heat two of the semifinals in 11.14 seconds for 14th overall. - Camille Rutherford fifth in heat four of the heats in 11.40 seconds for 35th overall.
Women’s 200m - Anthonique Strachan false started in the final and was disqualified. Strachan lowered her season’s best to 22.48 seconds for fourth place in her semifinal heat to qualify for the final. She placed second in her heat in a season’s best of 22.57 to advance to the semifinal with the ninth best time overall. Women’s 400m - Printassia Johnson placed sixth in her heat of the women’s 400m in 50.81 seconds. She ends up at number 17 in
the world. Johnson advanced to the semifinal with her fourth place in heat four in a personal best of 50.53 for 14th overall. - Javonya Valcourt seventh in heat three in the preliminaries in 52.00 for seventh place for 36th overall. Women’s 100m hurdles - Devynne Charlton finished sixth in the final in a season’s best of 12.49 seconds. Charlton advanced to the final with her third-place finish in a season’s best of 12.51
seconds. She advanced to the semifinals with second place in heat six in 12.69 for ninth overall. - Denisha Cartwright seventh in heat one in 13.50 for 40th overall. - Charisma Taylor sixth in heat four in 12.96 for 24th overall. Women’s javelin - Rhema Otabor finished seventh in Group B for 15th place overall with her best throw of 197-feet or 60.06 metres on her first attempt.
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Men’s 100m - Terrence Jones advanced to semis with third in heat three in 10.16 for 19th overall. Jones was 6th in heat two of the semis in 10.10 for 16th overall. Men’s 200m - Ian Kerr finished 7th in the seventh heat in a time of 20.92 for 45th overall. Men’s high jump - Donald Thomas, competing in Group A, was tied for 10th at 7-feet, 3-inches (2.21m)
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