In the men’s 110 metres, T&T’s Mikel Thomas, who finished sixth in a personal best time of 13.69, moved into the next round as one of the fastest losers. He will be in Heat One in Round Two, and run from Lane Two.
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Thomas will have to compete against the likes of David Payne of USA, Petr Svobada of Czech Republic and Dongpenq Shi of China.
Thomas will race at 8.45 am (T&T time) today.
World junior long jump champion, Rhonda Watkins did not advance to the final round of the women's long jump competition. She competed in Group Qualifying A and fouled on two of her three attempts to finish with a 5.88m mark.