KAZAKHSTAN – The MVP Track Club duo of Jamaicans Kishane Thompson and Tia Clayton, both won gold at the Astana Indoor Meet for Amin Tuyakov Prizes here on Saturday.
Kishane Thompson won gold in the men’s 60 metres at the Astana Indoor Meet for Amin Tuyakov PrizesThompson got his indoor season off to a winning start at the opening World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of the year, by capturing the 60 metres final in a time of 6.56 seconds.
However, the 23-year-old Olympic 100 metres silver medallist did cause some concern when he came up limping moments after winning the race.
Thompson had already signaled his intentions with a season-opening 6.48 seconds outdoors back in Jamaica last weekend and he won comfortably ahead of Oman’s Ali Anwar Baluchi and Japan’s Shuhei Tada, who were second and third respectively in 6.60 and 6.62 seconds.
Clayton, Thompson’s training partner, copped gold in the women’s equivalent on her way to setting a new meet record of 7.18 seconds, ahead of Portugal’s Lorene Bazolo in 7.34 seconds.
Clayton’s twin sister, Tina, claimed bronze in 7.36 seconds, the same time as fourth place Magdalena Stefanowicz of Poland.
