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Caribbean Life, March 24-30, 2022
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Jamaica’s Stephenie Ann McPherson crosses the line to win the women’s 4×400 relay fi nal at the World Athletics
Indoor Championships, Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia on March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
By Nelson A. King
World Athletics said on Sunday that
Stephenie Ann McPherson, beaten to
silver by Dutch rival Femke Bol in the
individual 400m the previous day, finished
off the track events at the World
Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade
22 by anchoring Jamaica home
to gold in the women’s 4x400m relay.
“McPherson took over a decent
lead from third-leg runner, Roneisha
McGregor and had enough left
in reserve to push again in the home
straight and bring the baton home in
3:28.40 ahead of her statuesque Dutch
rival,” World Athletics said.
“Bol, who had not run in the morning’s
qualifying round, had enough
energy to move her team through
to silver after taking on the baton in
fourth place, coming through on the
inside to record 3:28.57,” it added.
World Athletics said Lieke Klaver
“had done her powerful thing” in the
opening leg, handing over a lead to
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Cricket West Indies President, Ricky Skerritt.
Cricket West Indies
CPL to host first
Women’s T20
tournament
By Azad Ali
The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL)
and Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced last
week that the 2022 CPL will feature a Women’s
T20 tournament with three franchise
teams competing for the first-ever WCPL
title, playing alongside the men’s tournament
starting in August.
It was revealed that the teams competing
in the inaugural WCPL are Barbados Royals,
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Unvaccinated fans
allowed at
Grenada Test
By Azad Ali
Unvaccinated fans will be allowed to
attend the third Test between West Indies
and England after Grenada’s government
announced the scrapping of its “vaccine differentiation
policy.”
Minister of Health, Nicholas Steele said
the decision was based on low risk currently
associated with COVID-19 in the country,
the latest numbers indicating Grenada
boasting only 60 active cases of the deadly
virus.
Overall, Grenada has recorded nearly
14,000 cases since the start of the pandemic
and 217 deaths.
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TRACK GOLD
McPherson brings home the 4X400m
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