IAAF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPS: All J'cans progress to 200m semis
Published:Friday | July 12, 2013 | 4:28 AM
Andre Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter
All four Jamaicans are safely through to the 200m semi-finals after this morning's heats on day three of the IAAF World Youth Championships inside the RSC Olympiyskiy in Donetsk, Ukraine.
The 100m finalist and the second fastest youth this year in the 200m, Michael O'Hara ran a dominant 20.97 to win his heat, leading from start to finish.
Odane Bernard, representing Jamaica for the first time at any level, ran a comfortable 21.71 for second place and automatice qualification from his heat.
In the girls heats, both Jonielle Smith and Saqukine Cameron launched their responses to the disappointments in the 100m, where they failed to make the final, with comfortable qualifications to the 200m semi-finals.
Smith, running out of lane eight in her heat, finished second in a time of 24.30, while Cameron, who started her race in lane two, also booked her spot in the next round with second place finish in 24.35.
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