Monday, March 08, 2004

Bhms: First Bahamiann gold medal

Sprinter Dominic Demeritte made history on Sunday. He is the first Bahamian male to capture a gold medal at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships in Athletics.

He will also go down in the history annals as the final man to capture a 200 metres world indoor title, as this was the final year, the 200's will be contested at the championships

Demeritte ran 20.66 seconds inside the newly-built Sportarena, Budapest, Hungary, to post the fastest time ever by a Bahamian male indoors over 200 metres to top the medal podium at the 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships.

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