For­mer World cham­pi­on Gwen­dolyn Smith was a fifth-place fin­ish­er in the women’s 60-64 di­vi­sion dis­cus fi­nal at the World Mas­ters Ath­let­ics (WMA) World Mas­ters Cham­pi­onships in Gothen­burg, Swe­den, Sat­ur­day.

Smith, who has al­ready won a sil­ver at the event in the women’s 60-64 shot put, best mark mea­sured 29.01 achieved in round two. She opened with 28.98m and fouled the third at­tempt which saw her earn three more throws in the top eight af­ter the first three rounds. She had marks of 25.85m, 27.87m and 28.21m, in the fourth to sixth rounds, re­spec­tive­ly, to fin­ish in fifth spot.

T&T’s Suzan Gar­cia al­so com­pet­ed in the event and placed 18th with a sea­son-best 20.98m. She al­so had throws of 17.25 in the open­ing round and fol­lowed up with 20.45m.

Noe­lyn To­by-Davis, who was list­ed to com­pete, was scratched from the event.

Ear­li­er, Joyce Thomas, an­oth­er for­mer World cham­pi­on, placed 14th in the women’s 75-79 shot put fi­nal. Her best ef­fort was a dis­tance of 6.46m, a sea­son’s best.

T&T re­mained with two medals fol­low­ing ac­tion on day four. The oth­er medal was won by Geral­dine George, a bronze in the women’s 50-54 age group javelin throw.

To­day, T&T men’s sprint­ers Ron­dell Paul, Mur­rien Mitchell, Mar­tin Prime and Ray­mond Smith will take the track again hop­ing to earn a spot on the podi­um in the 200m dash.

Paul will line up in the 35-39 age-group, Mitchell in the 45-49 cat­e­go­ry, and both Prime and Smith in the 60-64 di­vi­sion. On Wednes­day, Mitchell reached the fi­nal of the 100m, cross­ing the line in a sea­son-best 11.74 but placed sev­enth. Prime reached as far as the semi­fi­nals in the men’s 60-64 di­vi­sion, plac­ing fifth and 11th over­all in semi­fi­nal heat two with 12.96. Smith did not progress out of the men’s 60-64 pre­lim­i­nary heats af­ter he placed fourth with 13.97 to fin­ish 36th over­all.

Cheryl An­drews-Reyes will be the lone field ath­lete com­pet­ing that day in the women’s 65-69 ham­mer throw fi­nal. An­drews-Reyes, who en­ters with a sea­son’s best 20.12m, al­so con­test­ed the women’s 65-69 shot put fi­nal and fin­ished ninth with 7.24m.