Second gold for Borel-Brown in Brazil(16/05/11)

Source: www.guardian.co.tt

Cleopatra Borel-Browne notched her second victory in Brazil when she captured the women’s Shot Put at the State Government International Grand Prix in Belem, yesterday. Borel-Brown took the gold with 18.68m which was just short of her season opener of 19.17m which she set in winning in Fortaleza on Wednesday. The two-time Commonwealth Games medallist took the lead on her third throw with 18.65m and them improved to 18.68m in the next round.

She matched her best effort in the fifth round to ensure the victory.  Borel-Browne, who trains and coaches part-time at Morgan State University, finished ahead of Cuban duo of Marlin Vargas (18.46) and Misleydis Gonzalez (18.21) as she did in Fortaleza. Marc Burns copped silver in the men’s 100m silver clocking 10.38 seconds to finish behind Dwain Chambers of Great Britain who powered to the line well ahead in 10.16.
Guyana’s Adam Harris was third in 10.51.