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Simba FrenchSend an emailAugust 10, 2023 37 3 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

The Bahamas has won four medals – two silver and two bronze – at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) so far. The event is ongoing in Trinidad and Tobago. The silver medals came in athletics and swimming and the two bronze medals are in swimming. Action started on Saturday and wraps up today.

Robert Deal III won a silver medal in the men’s shot put when he tossed the apparatus 15.99 meters (m) – 52’ 5-1/2” – on his second attempt in the circle at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad. The 16-year-old scratched his next two attempts and his fifth and sixth attempts did not put him past 16 meters. His second round effort was good enough for him to hold on for the silver medal.

South Africa’s Johann Lamberts won the gold medal in that event with his best throw being 20.17m (66’ 2”). St. Lucia’s Denzel Phillips won the bronze medal with a throw of 15.75m (51’ 8”).

Deal missed out on a medal in the discus throw when he settled for fourth. His best throw was 44.90m (147’ 3-3/4”) which came on his final attempt. Australia’s George Wells won that event with a throw of 56.75m (186’ 2-1/4”).

Marvin Johnson and Nigel Forbes were the other medalists for The Bahamas. Johnson won a silver and a bronze while Forbes won a bronze medal at the National Aquatic Center in Trinidad.

Johnson was a part of a Caribbean sweep in the 50m free as he swam away with the silver medal in that race. The Grand Bahama native powered his way to stop the clock at 22.54 seconds. Swimming away with the gold medal was Johnson’s longtime rival, Trinidadian Nikoli Blackman, in a time of 22.36 seconds. Johnson stopped Trinidad and Tobago from bagging the gold and silver medals as another familiar competitor, Zarek Wilson, had to settle for the bronze medal when he swam 22.95 seconds. The Caribbean trio were the only swimmers in that race to go sub-23 seconds.

Johnson won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle with a time of 50.41 seconds. His qualifying time in that event was 50.82 seconds. Blackman won gold when he touched the wall in 49.60 seconds. Scotland’s Matthew Ward got a silver medal when he touched the wall in 50.26 seconds.

Forbes went into the 50m backstroke final with a qualifying time of 26.46 seconds. In the final, he stopped the clock at 26.32 seconds for a third-place finish. Ward won that race with a new CYG record time of 25.51 seconds. Forbes’ longtime rival, Wilson, finished with a time of 26.18 seconds.

The Bahamas also experienced action in the triathlon, starting at the Bucco Beach Facility, and road cycling outside the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium, both in Trinidad.

Livingston Duncombe was 21st in the men’s individual super sprint distance triathlon after stopping the clock at 35:26. He opened with a time of 4:11 which was the fifth fastest time. He then cycled for 18:24, and ended the triathlon when he had a split of 13:16. in the run. Jersey’s Luke Holmes won in a time of 29:47.

Erin Pritchard was in action in the women’s individual super sprint distance triathlon. She placed 18th out of 21 participants with a time of 39:33. She clocked 4:40 in the swimming portion, then 20:22 in the cycling part of the race, and she posted a split of 14:04 in the running section of the race. The winner was Australia’s Aspen Anderson who finished the three-part race in 32:53.

The two teamed up in the mixed relay super sprint distance triathlon and placed 18th with a time of 48:01. There were 19 competitors. Australia won in a time of 40:58.

Barron Musgrove was in action in the 15 kilometer (km) cycling road race time trial and placed 27th overall with a time of 25:18.14. Winning that race was South African Miles Liebenberg who posted a time of 19:17.62. On the ladies’ side, Kami Roach rode the 10km ladies race. She was 14th overall and finished in 17:17.84. Australia’s Emile Bates won in 14:09.31.

Musgrove failed to finish the men’s 65km road race. On the ladies’ side, Roach was 13th overall when she finished the women’s 55km road race in 1:43.58. Australia’s Keira Will posted a time of 1:29 to win that race.