Charisma Taylor was the only Bahamian to represent The Bahamas this weekend as the 2018 International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) U-20 Championships came to a close in Tampere, Finland.
Taylor failed to make it to the final round of the women’s long jump, finishing seventh in the qualifying round in group A.
She scored a personal best mark of 12.97 metres (m).
Aleksandra Nacheva from Bulgaria, went on to win the event with a meet record leap of 14.18m.
None of the athletes who represented The Bahamas qualified for the final of their respective events, however, there were some semifinal appearances. Both Joel Johnson and Jaida Knowles pulled out of the boys’ and girls’ 200’s, due to minor injuries.
Team Bahamas was made up by Taylor, Johnson, Knowles, Oscar Smith, Sasha Wells, Adrian Curry, Jyles Etienne and Kyle Alcine.
Over 1,400 athletes from 158 nations competed across 44 events over the course of the five-day meet. Local athletes are expected to return to New Providence by Wednesday.