Lendore, who qualified for the 2022 championships, died on January 10 in a car accident in Texas, USA. He was 29. Lendore’s funeral was held in his hometown of Arima on Thursday at Santa Rosa RC Church. Lendore won both individual and relay medals at previous editions of the indoor championships. Richards, who was Lendore’s men’s 4x400m team-mate, was a pallbearer at Lendore’s funeral.

The 49th edition of the Carifta Games will be held in Kingston, Jamaica, from April 16-18.

De Gannes easily made the Carifta standard of 12.13 seconds in the heats of the girls Under-17 100-metre event by clocking 11.77.

Gittens, who made her Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games last year in the women’s long jump, competed in the women’s high jump.