T&T’s last chance at a medal in the athletics segment of the Paris Olympic Games in France was in the men’s 4x400 metres relay event, but in the end, an early mishap in the first leg run by Renny Quow ended all hopes at the Stade de France on Friday.
“It was pretty good, apart from the technical difficulty with my spikes,” the 36-year-old Quow told Guardian Media Sports as he raised his shoes to show they had come apart.
“One of them came off when I was running, and I had to run 200 meters barefoot, and that hurt quite a lot, but coming out for my team is what it is about; it wasn’t for me, it was for my country.
The national team of Quow, Jereem Richards, Jaden Marchan, and Shakeem McKay, running in that order, finished eighth in a time of...
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Author: Andre E Baptiste