SZƒKESFEHƒRVçR – St Lucian sprinter Julien Alfred produced a memorable professional debut when she stunned in-form American Sha’Carri Richardson to win the women’s 100 metres at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial in Hungary on Tuesday.

Five National Governing Bodies (NGBs) have received a total of TT $4,240,526.14 from the Ministry of Sport and Community Development to fund their respective national teams in recent and upcoming competitions.

Jumpers Immani Matthews and Janae De Gannes and heptathlete Gianna Paul, gold medallists at the recent North America, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Under-18-U-23 Championships, will get to show off their leaping expertise in front of a home crowd when they represent T&T at the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG).

T&T’s leading athletes Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Michelle-Lee Ahye are set to star at the National Gas Company National Association of Athletic Administrations of T&T (NGC-NAAATT) National Open Championships on Saturday and Sunday.

Nicholas Landeau of the One-A-Week (OAW) athletics club won the men’s 800 metres and 1,500m races at the NGC NAATT Open Championships which ended at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, on Sunday.

Two-time Olympic medallist Keshorn Walcott repeated as national men’s javelin champion and Michelle-Lee Ahye reclaimed her sprint title on day one of the National Gas Company (NGC) National Open Championships at the newly refurbished Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, Port-of-Spain, on Saturday.