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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Borel a great example says Serrette

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Pres­i­dent of the Na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion of Ath­let­ic Ad­min­is­tra­tion (NAAA), Ephraim Ser­rette was not sur­prised by Cleopa­tra Borel's gold medal win­ning per­for­mance in the shot put at the Pan Amer­i­can Games in Toron­to on Wednes­day night.Borel be­came T&T's first fe­male gold medal­list at the re­gion­al meet when she threw 18.67m, adding to her bronze in Brazil in 2007 and sil­ver in Mex­i­co in 2011.

Speak­ing to the Guardian yes­ter­day, Ser­rette said Borel, who boasts a per­son­al best of 19.42, had been the favourite to win."She's been com­pet­i­tive at high­er lev­el in­ter­na­tion­al meets so she should be com­fort­able at this lev­el," he said. "She is sup­posed to have won."Ser­rette al­so com­mend­ed the 36-year-old for man­ag­ing to pro­long her ca­reer for as long as she has.

"There were in­di­vid­u­als who said she should have re­tired af­ter the 2012 Olympics but she re­mains com­pet­i­tive and is a great ex­am­ple for fe­males in the sport," he said. "I think she has an­oth­er Olympics in her. I don't know what her plans are, whether she will go in­to coach­ing or not, but she would make a great men­tor for fe­male ath­letes."

Ser­rette was al­so im­pressed by the ef­forts of sprint­ers Kel­ly Ann Bap­tiste and Se­moy Hack­ett, who, af­ter re­turn­ing from sus­pen­sions ear­li­er this year, placed fifth and eighth in the women's 100m fi­nal re­spec­tive­ly. "They both did well to make the fi­nals, hav­ing just re­turned to high lev­el com­pe­ti­tion," he said. "They're on their way back to the lev­el to which they're ac­cus­tomed."

How­ev­er, he was dis­ap­point­ed that Ke­ston Bled­man could not con­vert his form in­to a medal in the men's 100m fi­nal."He was the class sprint­er in that field and should have got a medal at least. He prob­a­bly lost fo­cus," he said of the fourth place fin­ish­er. "I'm not sure if he's nurs­ing an in­jury. His per­for­mances through­out the qual­i­fy­ing rounds were com­fort­able. He just need­ed to de­liv­er in the fi­nal."


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