Trinida­di­ans ex­pressed sup­port for Ja­maican Olympic gold medal­list Shelly-Ann Fras­er-Pryce, even as they ad­mit­ted to be­ing dis­ap­point­ed that T&T's Kel­ly-Ann Bap­tiste man­aged on­ly sixth place in yes­ter­day's women's 100 me­tre fi­nal in Lon­don. One man, who gave his name as Bill, said:?"It is a great day for the Caribbean. We are on the world map.

"I?am back­ing the Caribbean all the way. I am a bit dis­ap­point­ed with Kel­ly-Ann. But she is right up there too." Clutch­ing a minia­ture na­tion­al flag, phys­i­cal ed­u­ca­tion teacher Kei­th Thomas, said:?"It is a won­der­ful day for the Caribbean. Our ath­letes did us proud. Wav­ing the red, white and black flag, his Guyanese friend Dil­roy added:?"I?was back­ing Kel­ly-Ann but I?am glad it was Shelly-Ann. It was a hot race. They are among world cham­pi­ons. It is a day for the Caribbean to take a bow."

Abra­ham Mo­han said:?"We are proud of the Caribbean." Soft drink ven­dor Hey­wood James, a Guyanese na­tion­al, said:?"I am 100 per cent Caribbean."