TT two-time Olympic medallist Keshorn Walcott has qualified for the 2019 IAAF World Championship after winning gold with a season-best 84.81m throw at the Virtain Urheilijoiden meet in Virrat, Finland today.
Walcott's golden throw saw him surpass the 2019 IAAF World Championship qualifying standard of 83m. It was Walcott's second gold medal win in Finland within seven days, yet a considerable upgrade from the 81.68m effort, which won him gold in Kuortane last week.
The IAAF World Championships will be held in Doha, Qatar, from September 28 to October 6. Walcott has competed in the past three World Championships, with his best showing in London 2017, where he placed seventh (84.48m). He will return to action with another Finnish meet in Turku on June 11.
Source: Newsday, June 2019

To date, the team has 56 medals comprising 19 gold, 15 silver and 22 bronze.
T&T won gold medals in all of the categories entered: Bocce, Equestrian, Powerlifting, Swimming, and Athletics
The 15th Special Olympic World Games began on March 14 and will conclude with a closing ceremony on March 21. 
Below are the gold medal winners:
Athletics
Israel Malik Duncan and Saphhire Mercedes Lynne Jackson: softball throw
LaToya Kaychelle Charles: 100m and 200m
Tershana Tempro: 200m
Bocce
Gary James Boodoo and Kenrick Clinton Baksh: Unified Sports Doubles
Equestrian
Aaliyah Harrigin; Level CI - English Working Trails
Aaron Ali: Level BI - English Working Trails and Level BI - Dressage
Powerlifting
Damien Marquis: Squat, Bench Press, Combined Squat, Bench Press and Deadlift
Swimming
Donovan Garib: 100m freestyle and 4x50m freestyle relay
Melissa Nanan: 50 m freestyle
Nikoli Lalla: 4x50m freestyle relay
Trent Bethel: 25 m backstroke and 4x50m freestyle relay
Source:  The Loop

Melissa Nanan captured a Gold Medal for SOTT at the Special Olympics International 2019 World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) today.
Melissa, swimming out of Lane 5 at the Hamdan Sports Complex pool, held off a strong challenge to finish in 57:69 sec, overcoming Shanza Munir of SO Pakistan who swam in Lane 2 and finished in 58:33 sec and Carol Berclaz of SO Switzerland who finished in third in 59:48 swimming in Lane 3.

Trinidad and Tobago's lone hopeful in Judo for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan, Gabriella Wood, continues to make us proud as she gets closer to making that dream a reality.
Gabby who is currently ranked #1 in the English speaking Caribbean and #134 in the world, competed yesterday Saturday 19th at the Scottish Open Championship in Glasgow Scotland where she placed second in a highly competitive group .
Ms. Wood who has been training extensively at an International Judo Federation ( IJF) camp in Budapest, Hungary, continue to prepare for Olympic qualifications by training in Europe her next step in this journey is the Paris Grand Slam which takes place 9-10 February and the Dusseldorf Grand Slam in Germany 22-24 February 2019.
We look forward to continued success from Gabriella Wood as she continues to make Trinidad and Tobago proud.

ZOE Anthony added yet another gold medal to her impressive haul when she won the Girls 3K open water swim on the penultimate day of races at the CCCAN Swimming Championships in Aruba, yesterday.
Anthony, who won the most individual medals in the girls 11-12 age division, completely dominated the open water to win in 46 minutes, 16 seconds, well ahead of her teammates Savannah Chee-Wah (49:07) and Gabrielle Vickles (51:19), who rounded off the top three spots.
On the boys’ side, Nikoli Blackman also added to his heavy load of medals with the 3K gold. He finished in 45:14, with Daniel Mair of Jamaica coming second in 48:08.
The 5K was staged soon after, but no TT swimmer placed in the top three. Today, the final day of competition will see the Boys and Girls 10K open water events.
Even before yesterday’s stunning performance from the TT swimmers, the team was in line to finish with the overall team prize, which takes into account scores from the CCCAN’s various water sports, including diving and synchronised swimming.
Along with Anthony and Blackman, Zarek Wilson’s performances have been exceptional. Wilson has the most medals in the TT camp, most of which are gold including the 50m and 100m backstroke double; 200m and 400m freestyle; 50m backstroke; 200m IM; and the 400m freestyle and 400m medley relays.
The event will finish today with the boys and girls Open Water 10K.
Source:  TT Newsday, July 5, 2018