Shafiqua Maloney Qualifies for 800 metre Olympic Final in Paris

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Vincentian, Shafiqua Maloney ran the best Women’s 800 metres of her life so far yesterday at the Paris Olympics where she clocked 1 minute, 57.69 seconds to break the St Vincent and the Grenadines record for the second consecutive day to finish 2nd in Semi-final 2 behind Tsige Duguma of Ethopia in 1 minute, 57.47 second, her personal best.

The final will be at 3.47 p. m today.

Yesterday, Maloney ran a superb race among the best Women’s 800 Metres runners in the World.

She has become the first Vincentian athlete to reach the Final of an Olympic Event.