Dunn and Wright place seventh at World Under-20 Champs
LIMA, Peru – Jamaica’s 400m hurdler Daniel Wright and shot putter Shaiquan Dunn were seventh in the finals of their respective events under another cold gray sky on Saturday’s final day of the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru.
Wright had finished eighth after running 51.61 seconds but the disqualification of Chile’s Ramon Fuenzalida saw him move up to seventh place.
American Vance Nilsson won in a world under-20 leading 49.26 seconds, followed by Michal Rada who set a Czechia national under-20 record 49.30 seconds and Finland’s Anti Sainio who was third in 49.61 seconds.
Dunn, who came into the championships with the world leading 65.48m, could only muster 59.79m in the final. This was his second final of the week after he had placed ninth in the shot put on Tuesday.
-Paul A Reid
