Grenada’s Kirani James places third in 400m final
Grenada’s Kirani James celebrates winning the bronze medal in the men’s 400m fi nal during
the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Olympic Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 5,
2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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Caribbean Life, AUGUST 6-12, 2021 31
By Nelson A. King
Kirani James, one of the lead
the contenders for the Olympic
one-lap crown, according
to Olympics.com, placed third
and won bronze in the 400m
final on Thursday with a time
of 44.19 seconds.
James who was diagnosed
with the autoimmune disorder
Graves’ disease in 2017 used
his recovery time to complete
his business degree at the University
of Alabama, Olympics.
com said.
In his home town of Gouyave,
St. John’s, residents came out
to celebrate their local hero
and Grenada’s first Olympian
in a carnival like atmosphere
despite the threat of COVID-
19.
James earned gold at London
2012 and silver at Rio 2016.
“Like women’s 100m champion
Gail Devers, he will need
to take medication for the condition
for the rest of his life,”
states Olympics.com.
“He took time out in 2019
following the death of his
mother, and needed the final
day of the qualification window
to make the Doha World Championships
after some niggling
injuries. Given that build-up,
his fifth place behind Gardiner
was more than respectable,”
Olympics.com said.
“And he’s shown that he’s
right back to his best in Tokyo,
winning his semi-final in a very
fast 43.88,” it added. “While
that performance was not as
effortless as Gardiner’s, the
28-year-old is sure to be right
in the mix for a third Olympic
medal.”
Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas
won the race, winning
gold, in 43.85 sec with Anthony
Jose Zambrano of Colombia
placing second in 44.08 sec,
winning silver.
The other top contenders
for the Olympic one-lap crown
on Friday, Aug. 5 are world
champion Steven Gardiner
and Michael Norman. Is van
Niekerk’s world record under
threat? After an injury-marred
Olympic cycle, Olympics.com
noted that Wayde van Niekerk
failed to reach the final in the
defense of his Olympic title
from Rio 2016.
The South African smashed
the world record to take gold
five years ago, but another man
will be crowned the one-lap
king, Olympics.com said.
It said reigning world champion
Gardiner leads the contenders
for what promises to be
a thrilling final.
Gardiner won the 400m at
the 2019 World Championships
in Doha in “emphatic fashion,
ahead of Fred Kerley who took
100m silver here in Tokyo,”
Olympics.com said.
It said Gardiner also came
out on top in the strongest pre-
Tokyo field this season, beating
American pair Bryce Deadmon
and Michael Norman at last
month’s Istvan Gyulai Memorial
in Hungary.
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