XLII CARIFTA Games | |
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Dates | March 29-April 1 |
Host city | Nassau, Bahamas ![]() |
Venue | Robinson National Stadium |
Level | Junior and Youth |
Events | 68: 16 junior boys + 1 exhibition + 1 open; 15 junior boys + 2 exhibition (incl. 1 open); 15 youth boys + 1 exhibition; 15 youth girls; 2 special olympics |
Participation | 423 athletes from 25 nations |
Records set | 7 CR |
The 2013 CARIFTA Games took place between March 30-April 1, 2013. The event was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. A report of the event was given for the IAAF.[1] The games mark the seventh time in which the event was held in The Bahamas. The other years being 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1992 and 2002.
Bidding Process
[edit]Bidding took place during the 2012 CARIFTA Games held in Bermuda. Initially four countries, namely the Bahamas, Barbados, the Cayman Islands and Martinique, had showed some interest in hosting the games. But ultimately Martinique withdrew its bid in favour of the Bahamas, and Barbados did not come forward with an official bid. The Bahamas was eventually chosen over the Cayman Islands to host the event. This was attributed to a myriad of reasons such as the newly constructed Thomas Robinson Stadium, the Bahamas's fortieth independence celebrations in 2013, and the fact that the country hadn't host the event in ten years.[2]
Venue
[edit]The 2013 Games will be staged in the 15,000 seater, thirty million dollar Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. Fifty million dollars are being spent to beautify the area and upgrade utilities around the stadium, which is the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, in time for both the CARIFTA games and the IAAF World Relays.[3]
Austin Sealy Award
[edit]The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Shaunae Miller, Bahamas.[1] She won three gold medals (200 m, 400 m, and 4 × 100 metres relay) in the junior (U-20) category setting a new 200m games record in 22.77s.
Records
[edit]A total of 7 new championship records (CR) were set.[4][5][6][7]
Event | Record | Athlete | Country | Type |
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Boys Under 20 (Junior) | ||||
4 × 400 metres relay | 3:05.68 | Lennox Williams Omar McLeod Jevaughn Minzie Jovan Francis |
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CR |
Girls Under 20 (Junior) | ||||
200 m | 22.77s (wind: +1.7 m/s) |
Shaunae Miller | ![]() |
CR |
High jump | 1.87m | Jeanelle Scheper | ![]() |
CR |
Boys Under 17 (Youth) | ||||
Triple jump | 15.19m (wind: -0.6 m/s) |
Miguel Van Assen | ![]() |
CR |
Javelin throw (700g) | 64.01m | Anderson Peters | ![]() |
CR |
Girls Under 17 (Youth) | ||||
Shot put (3 kg) | 14.48m | Chelsea James | ![]() |
CR |
Javelin throw (500g) | 43.89m | Shanee Angol | ![]() |
CR |
- Key
AR — Area record • CR — Championship record • NR — National record |
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Medal summary
[edit]Medal winners were published for boys[4][5] and for girls.[6][7]
Boys under 20 (Junior)
[edit]†: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Girls under 20 (Junior)
[edit]†: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Boys under 17 (Youth)
[edit]‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Girls under 17 (Youth)
[edit]Special Olympics – Boys
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres‡ wind: 0.8 m/s |
D'Edwin Major | 12.16 | Deron Forbes | 12.24 | Shaquille Bonaby | 12.32 |
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Special Olympics – Girls
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres‡ wind: +1.1 m/s |
Jade Smith | 15.50 | Raquel Major | 16.09 | Charlicia Bain | 16.19 |
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Medal table (official)
[edit]The official count is in accordance with the medal count published by Carifta 2013's Local Organizing Committee.[8]
* Host nation (Bahamas)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 29 | 25 | 15 | 69 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 14 | 2 | 20 |
5 | ![]() ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 63 | 63 | 63 | 189 |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count (without relays and special olympics), 423 athletes from 25 countries participated.
Anguilla (5)
Antigua and Barbuda (5)
Aruba (3)
Bahamas (59)
Barbados (28)
Bermuda (23)
British Virgin Islands (22)
Cayman Islands (12)
Curaçao (7)
Dominica (10)
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French Guiana (3)
Grenada (13)
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Guadeloupe (17)
Guyana (8)
Haïti (12)
Jamaica (69)
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Martinique (9)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (9)
Saint Lucia (6)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4)
Sint Maarten (5)
Suriname (12)
Trinidad and Tobago (40)
Turks and Caicos Islands (24)
U.S. Virgin Islands (18)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Foster, Anthony (April 2, 2013), Local star Miller makes her mark on the Carifta Games in Nassau, IAAF, retrieved November 13, 2013
- ^ Sheldon Longley (of the Freeport News). "The Bahamas to host 2013 CARIFTA Games". Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ The Bahamas Investor. "Thomas A Robinson National Stadium to be completed this year". Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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