TIA-ADANA BELLE CAPTURES THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE 400M HURDLES!
The Barbados Badminton Association extends congratulations to the Tia-Adana Belle and Mario Burke, who represented Barbados in the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships held in the Donetsk, Ukraine.
One may think it strange that we chose to salute track & field athletes on our site, but, for the entire championship, and especially today, the entire nation joins together in celebration of the achievement of the young Belle.
We are a small island, but we have big talent, and we must see ourselves as one sporting family and support all our athletes regardless of the sporting discipline when then represent the nation with pride and distinction.
Tia-Adana Belle won silver in the 400m hurdles with a new personal best time of 58.42. Helene Swanepoel of South Africa won gold and we extend congratulations to her and her nation as well. After establishing a new PB within the semi-final, Tia was able to return today and lower that mark within her first competition on the world stage.
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| Tia-Adana Belle |
Like Belle, Mario Burke also known as "Super Mario", was also able to qualify for his 1st final on the world stage in the 100m. He too was able to set a new PB of 10.49 in the semi-final and almost matched that effort running 10.51 in the final. Congrats to China's Youxue Mo who won the gold!
Although Mario was out of the medals placing 5th, we applaud his effort and wish him well as it was later reported that he had a slight injury. We are proud of their efforts as to be ranked 2nd and 5th respectively at youth level in the world, in their respective events, is a significant achievement.
We can only hope that the Barbadian sporting youth are truly inspired!
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