WAL­TER AL­IBEY

T&T sprint­ers Michelle-Lee Ahye added an­oth­er medal to her cab­i­net yes­ter­day, by sprint­ing to the gold medal in the Great North City Games in New­cas­tle, Eng­land.

Com­pet­ing in the un­con­ven­tion­al 150 me­tre Women's Sprint event, Lee Ahye, sprint­ed to 16.49 sec­onds, un­der winds of 2.6 m/s for the vic­to­ry ahead of home­town favourite Daryll Nei­ta (Great Britain) in 16.80 sec­onds. The third po­si­tion was sewn up by an­oth­er Great Britain sprint­er Jodie Williams, cross­ing the fin­ish line in 16.97 sec­onds.

Lau­ra De Witte, the lone Nether­lands run­ner in the event, was fourth in a rel­a­tive­ly slow time of 17.50 sec­onds. Af­ter the race, Lee Ahye, who on­ly two months ago se­cured a bronze medal in the 100-me­tre dash at the IAAF Di­a­mond League in Stock­holm, Swe­den, was set to take a well de­served 4-5 week break for the sea­son.

She said af­ter the race that while she was hap­py for the win, it was not what she had ex­pect­ed.

She told re­porters her per­for­mance was much slow­er than she want­ed to go, es­pe­cial­ly com­ing to the end of the sea­son in a 150-me­tre event. She said how­ev­er that she in­tends to use the break to im­prove in the com­ing months.

Fol­low­ing her third-place 11.11 sec­onds fin­ish in June, in a race that in­clud­ed com­pa­tri­ot Khal­i­fa St Fort, Lee Ahye took to the twit­ter and said the pieces were slow­ly falling in­to places, as­sur­ing her fans that she will con­tin­ue to work hard and be pa­tient, be­liev­ing one day it will all come to­geth­er.

Mean­while, the 24-year-old St Fort clocked 11.35 sec­onds in on­ly her sec­ond Di­a­mond League event for her sev­enth-place fin­ish.