Carifta mix-up sees Brathwaite collect silver then stripped!
This was the case of Virgin Islands' sprinter Rikkoi A.R. Brathwaite, who was adjudged to have placed second in the Boys 100m Under 20 Final at the 47th Flow Carifta Games in Nassau, The Bahamas on March 31, 2018.
The results showed Brathwaite coming in second in a time of 10.43.
He was awarded the silver medal at the race’s presentation yesterday.
However, the sprinter, who is the first VI athlete to medal in a Boys 100m at the games since 1976 was greeted with the news this morning, April 1, 2018 that he had in fact placed third and will see his medal swapped for bronze.
Television replays confirmed that Brathwaite had placed third in 10.46 behind Bahamians Joel Johnson (10.31) and Adrian Curry (10.43).
Information reaching our newsroom is that the Virgin Islands camp only learnt about the mix-up around 10:00AM this morning.
News out of The Bahamas; however, is that the sprinter Brathwaite is not fazed by the issue.
“He is okay about it,” BVI Athletics Association’s Public Relations Officer Mr Cleave M. Farrington, who is in The Bahamas, told our newsroom.
Another medal presentation will be held at 4:30 P.M today where the medals will be distributed accordingly.
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