Carifta Games 200m bronze medallist Tirana Mitchell is set to compete in the Women’s 200m heat today at the 8th International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Youth Championships in the Ukraine, even as 400m athlete Jason Yaw’s dreams of victory ended yesterday when he failed to qualify for the final round of his event.
Mitchell, of the Mercury Fast Laners track club, entered the race with a season best of 24.61 seconds and will run in lane 3 against Laurence Jones, Vlatka Sekirnik, Hannah Cunliffe, Õilme Võro, Bryannill Cardona, Oluwatobi Amusan and Jonielle Smith.
Meanwhile, 15-year-old Yaw who trains the Running Braves Athletics Club under the
