By Noel ‘Bravo’ Francis, Special to Trackalerts.com
After a superb second day of track & field action at the 15th IAAF World Championships, the third day promises more drama and excitement. The Caribbean region will be glued to their TV sets to see how well their ambassadors will do in Beijing.
The likes of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shaunae Miller, VCB, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle Lee-Ahye, Sherone Simpson, Kaliese Spencer, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Kirani James, Keshorn Walcott, Javon Francis, Rusheen McDonald, and Steven Gardiner are some of the Caribbean athletes who will be in action.
Please find selected schedule of the evening session below (shown Monday morning in the Caribbean):
All times are Jamaican (Atlantic Standard Time for other Caribbean Islands)
6:00 am Men’s Javelin Throw (Keshorn Walcott – T&T)
6:10 am Women’s 400m semi-final one (Cassandra Tate – USA, Eilidh Child – GBR, Wenda Nel – RSA)
6:18 am Women’s 400m Hurdles semi-final two (Sparkle McKnight – T&T, Kaliese Spencer –JAM, Shamier Little – USA, Sara Slott Peterson – Denmark)
6:26 am Women’s 400m Hurdles semi-final three ( Kori Carter –USA, Janieve Russell – JAM, Lauren Wells –AUS, Zuzana Hejnova – CZECH, Meghan Beesley – GBR)
6:30 am Women’s Triple Jump final (Kimberly Williams – JAM, Shanieka Thomas – JAM, Caterine Ibarguen – COL, Ekaterina Koneva – RUS, Olga Rypakova – KAZ)
6:40 am Women’s 100m semi-final one (Blessing Okagbare –NIG, Semoy Hackett –T&T, Sherone Simpson – JAM, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce –JAM, English Gardner –USA, Asha Phillip – GBR)
6:47 am Women’s 100m semi-final two (Tori Bowie – USA, Natasha Morrison – JAM, Kelly-Ann Baptiste – T&T, Roseangela Santos – BRA, Mujinga Kambundji – SUI)
6:54 am Women’s 100m semi-final three (Michelle Lee-Ahye – T&T, VCB –JAM, Dafne Schippers –NED, Murielle Ahoure – CIV, Jasmine Todd – USA, Ivet Lalova-Collio – BUL)
7:05 am Men’s 400m semi-final one (Chris Brown –BAH, Peter Matthews –JAM, Kirani James – GRN, Renny Qouw – T&T, Luguelin Santos – DOM, Kevin Borlee – BEL)
7:13 am Men’s 400m semi-final two (Lalonde Gordon – T&T, Steven Gardiner –BAH, Rusheen McDonald –JAM, Yousef Ahmed Masrahi – KSA, Isaac Makwala – BOT, Bryshon Nellum – USA)
7:21 am Men’s 400m semi-final three (Machel Cedenio – T&T, Javon Francis – JAM, Michael Mathieu – BAH, LaShawn Merritt – USA, Wayde Van Niekerk –RSA, Martyn Rooney – GBR)
8:35 am Women’s 100m Final
