The best is yet to come, promises young-gun Colvert

WHEN Steven Colvert, a relative newcomer to the sport of athletics, develops the strength to see the race out, he is going to be a formidable force in 200m running.

The Mullingar teenager — he will be 20 in a month’s time — showed a sharp competitive edge until a combination of inexperience and lack of power found him out deep in the finishing straight and he faded to finish seventh in his first round heat of the men’s 200m yesterday.

The race was won by one of the medal favourites, Jaysuma, Saidy Ndure, in 20.60 secs with Colvert seventh in 21.14. It was outside the pb which he set at 20.90 secs to win the Belgian championships earlier this month and the right to join Paul Hession in the men’s 200m here.