Greene throws personal best
T&T athlete 11th in Paralympic Games shot put
By
Kwame Laurence
kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created:
Sep 3, 2012 at 10:56 PM ECT
Story Updated:
Sep 3, 2012 at 10:56 PM ECT
Trinidad and Tobago's Carlos Greene produced a personal best in the men's shot put at the Paralympic Games, in London, England, yesterday.
Competing in the F11/12 category for visually impaired field athletes, Greene threw the iron ball 10.87 metres to finish 11th in a field of 21.
Ukraine's Andrii Holivets was the class of the field, striking gold with a 16.25m effort. Russian Vladimir Andryushchenko threw 15.21m to pick up silver, while bronze was bagged by Australia's Russell Short (14.73m).
Greene opened the competition with a 9.59m effort. He improved to 10.87m in round two, bettering his previous personal best of 10.71m by 16 centimetres. And in the third round, Greene landed the shot 10.20m.
Greene was also 11th in Sunday's men's discus F11 event, the 43-year-old T&T field athlete throwing 26.28m in round three after fouling his first two attempts.
Swimmer Shanntol Ince, the other T&T representative at the 2012 Paralympic Games, will be on show today in the women's 400m freestyle S9 heats. She has been drawn in lane seven in the second of two heats. Eleven women will bid for eight championship race berths.
Ince opened her Paralympic Games campaign last Thursday in the women's 100m butterfly S9. She finished sixth in heat one and 12th overall in one minute, 25.50 seconds.
Ince was back in the pool on Friday, in the women's 100m backstroke S9. The 17-year-old swimmer clocked 1:22.14 for fifth spot in the first of two heats. She finished 10th overall.
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