T&T athletes Keshorn Walcott and Jereem Richards ensured that Trinidad and Tobago’s medal drought at global athletics meets did not extend to a decade yesterday, after coming away from the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with gold and silver medals in the javelin and 400 metres events, respectively, on day six of the championships.

Before yesterday’s double-medal effort, T&T had gone unrewarded at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games in Japan and France, respectively, as well as at the 2019, 2022, and 2023 World Athletics Championships in Qatar, United States and Hungary, respectively.

Walcott, T&T’s last Olympic medallist when he produced a bronze medal at the 2016 Brazil games, yesterday captured that elusive World Championship medal in the men’s javelin, hurling the spear 88.16 metres on his fourth attempt in the final, which was good enough to beat a class field of some of the best athletes in the discipline.

Already an Olympic gold and bronze medallist from London...

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Author: Gyasi Merrique