
Tags: Athletics, Antigua And Barbuda, Carifta Games, Javelin Throw, Maliek Francis
Antigua & Barbuda’s Maliek Francis is the first record-breaker at the 51st Carifta Games after producing a dominant performance on the way to gold in the Under-17 Boys Javelin at the Kirani James Stadium in Grenada on Saturday.
Francis had fairly moderate throws of 54.06m and 58.70m in the first two rounds before unleashing a record-breaking 68.84m in the third round.
He produced a second throw north of 60m, 62.39m to be exact, in round five on the way to a comfortable victory on day one of the meet.
St. Kitts & Nevis’ Jaheem Clarke threw 56.09m for silver while Grenada’s Delorn John threw 54.70m for bronze.
The previous record 64.31 was done by Bahamian KeyShawn Strachan in 2019.
The Carifta Games are being broadcast live on SportsMax and the SportsMax App.
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