Keshorn Walcott has placed third,winning T&T's only medal, a bronze,in the Men's Javelin final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Gameson Saturday night.
Germany's Thomas Rohler, won goldwith a throw of 90.30 metres took
Kenya's Julius Yego placed second with a throw of 88.24.
Minutes after capturing the bronze, Walcott shared a post on his Facebook page.
At 7.55 pm, Walcott, originally from Toco, in Trinidad, opened the Men's Javellin final.His first throw of 83.45 was just under five metres short of his impressive throw during Wednesday night's qualifier.
After his first throw of the first round of the finals, Walcott was in fourth position. In the lead was Kenya's Julius Yego with a throw of 88.24 metres. Yego was followed by the two german'sRohler and Johannes Vetter with throws of 87.40 metres and 85.32 metres respectively.
Yego, who placed sixth in the qualifiers, taught himself the sport via Youtube videos.
The 23-year-oldWalcott'ssecond throw in the first round went further to 85.38 metres moving him up to third position in the first round.
When the top eight from the first round of throws moved forward, Walcott was still in third position, despite a third throw of 83.38 metres.
In th second round, Walcott'sfirst throw was 80.33 metres, however he stayed in third place.
His second throwin round two of the final resulted in a foul.
On Wednesday night Walcott, who was competing in Group B of the qualifiers threw the javelin 88.68 metres. He led in distance on the night and was followed by Vetter, who threw the javelin 85.96 metres.
Walcott, who was an under 20 athlete when he first won gold in the London 2012 Olympics, was the youngest ever men's javelin medalist in the history of the Olympics.
Since then, he has become an experienced international and won the Pan American title last year as well as throwing an area record of 90.16m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne just over 12 months ago.
His first-round throw on Wednesday night, in hot and still conditions which actually gave little help to the throwers and with temperatures hovering at about 30C, was the second best of his short career and the second best distance in an Olympic qualifying event.