Bascom expects strong semis performance from Abrams

Team coach Jeremy Bascom feels Aliyah Abrams has to bring out the warrior quality in her personality when she bids to reach the women’s 400 metres finals at the World Athletics Championships here in Eugene, Oregon.

Abrams will enter the semi-finals tomorrow as Guyana’s last hope for some measure of success, in a star-studded field as she aims to become the first local to make the last eight in the competition’s history.

“I know she is a fighter but she will have to change into a warrior, knowing that she will come up against the worlds best,” said Bascom following a workout with his charge yesterday.