BVI Will Not Compete In 4x100M U20 Boys Final Re-Run Today

The British Virgin Islands 4x100M U20 team will not participate in the re-run of the final this afternoon at the 50th Carifta Games in Nassau, Bahamas. Runner Tyreese James was injured in yesterday’s race which was won by Jamaica, clocking 39.68 seconds at finish line.
Bahamas came second with 39.78 seconds and Trinidad and Tobago third with 40.83.

The BVI team secured 7th place with a time of 42.81 seconds.

“Given the circumstances that lead to the re-running of this event we are not in an position to field a competitive team and therefore will opt out of the event,” according to a statement on the BVI Athletics Association.

The decision to re-run the race came after some teams successfully argued last night, April 9, that their first leg runners did not have enough time to recover after a false start.

The official complaint stated that athletes did not have enough time to recover after an initial false start – Bahamas first leg runner remained in the block after the start whistle was blown.
The other athletes were already halfway down the track.

The footage was reviewed and a decision was made to re-run the race today at 3:15 pm.