Continental Cup Sept 4-5

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Quite a few Caribbean athletes will be turning out for the Americas in this meet, which will take place at Split this weekend....

Nickeisha Wilson (Jamaica) - women's 400 hurdles

Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) - women's 800

Shericka Williams (Jamaica) - women's 400

Ricardo Chambers (Jamaica) - men's 400

Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad) - women's 100

Daniel Bailey (Antigua) - men's 100

Here's today's first-day timetable....

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Tomorrow....

Korene Hinds (Jamaica) - women's 3000 steeplechase

Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman) - women's 200

Churandy Martina (Curacao) - men's 200

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Women's 400 hurdles....

1 Nickiesha Wilson Americas JAM 54.52 (SB)
2 Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Africa NGR 54.59 (NR)
3 Vania Stambolova Europe BUL 54.89

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Women's 800....

1 Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei Africa KEN 1:57.88
2 Kenia Sinclair Americas JAM 1:58.16 (SB)
3 Mariya Savinova Europe RUS 1:58.27

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Men's 400....

1 Jeremy Wariner Americas USA 44.22 (CR)
2 Ricardo Chambers Americas JAM 44.59
3 Michael Bingham Europe GBR 44.84 (SB)
4 Kévin Borlée Europe BEL 45.01 (SB)

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Women's 100....

1 Kelly-Ann Baptiste Americas TRI 11.05
2 Shalonda Solomon Americas USA 11.09
3 Blessing Okagbare Africa NGR 11.14

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Men's 100....

1 Christophe Lemaitre Europe FRA 10.06
2 Daniel Bailey Americas ANT 10.10
3 Mark Lewis-Francis Europe GBR 10.16 (SB)

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The Americas team won the women's sprint relay in a time of 43.07....

The team included Cydonie Mothersill of Cayman, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie of the Bahamas, and was anchored by Trinidad's Kelly-Ann Baptiste.

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An easy win for the Americas team in the men's, with Antigua's Daniel Bailey handing over to Americans Wallace Spearmon and Tyson Gay, before Churandy Martina of Curacao finished it in a time of 38.25....