Caribbean Athletes To Race At IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup
September 3, 2010
CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Sept. 3, 2010: Several Caribbean athletes are part of the Americas contingent, which includes for the first time the US and the Caribbean competing as one team, gearing up for the newly-revamped IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup which opens today, Sept. 4th in Croatia. Teams from Africa, the Americas, Asia/Pacific and Europe are ready to take on the challenge to win the first IAAF Continental Cup trophy. The men`s 100-m challenge includes Antigua`s World Indoor 60-m bronze medalist Daniel Bailey, who will be a part of Team Americas. In the 200-m will be Churandy Martina (20.08) of the Netherlands Antilles, the man who crossed the line second at the 2008 Beijing Olympic final before he was disqualified for running out his lane.In the 400-m will be Ricardo Chambers (44.54) of Jamaica. Javier Culson of Puerto Rico represents a powerful force for the Americas in the 400-m Hurdles while rising Jamaican star Yohan Blake, (9.89), will be joined by Antigua`s Daniel Bailey (10.00), US athlete Monzavous Edwards (10.00) and Churandy Martina of Netherlands Antilles (10.03) as well as World 200-m bronze medalist Wallace Spearmon. Three of the world`s four fastest 400-m sprinters this year comprise the Americas 4×400-m squad – US duo Jeremy Wariner (44.13) and Greg Nixon (44.61) and Jamaica`s Ricardo Chambers (44.54) and so they will start clear favorites. The Americas team of women have also put together an all-star squad comprising Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Shalonda Solomon, Sherone Simpson, Connie Moore and Cydonie Mothersil. The Cup will wrap up on Sunday, September 5th.
