TT earn pair of silver medals at Commonwealth Youth Games

Horsford, the current Under- 18 boys javelin Carifta champion, threw the spear 69.43 metres on the closing day of competition.

Australian Neil Janse Van Rensburg won gold with a throw of 74.19m, while his countryman Oscar Louis Sullivan grabbed bronze with a 66.23m attempt.

Horsford was far from his best as he won gold at the 2017 Carifta Games in Curacao in April with a 76.50m effort.

On Saturday night, the TT boys beach soccer team got silver after losing 6-2 to St Lucia in the gold medal match. TT were trying to make it two gold medals on the night in the sport, as the TT girls defeated Jamaica 5-4 in the girls gold medal match.

TT ended the games with five medals - two gold, two silver and one bronze. Winning gold were the girls beach soccer team and Adell Colthrust in the boys 100m event. Horsford and the boys beach soccer team got silver and Jeron Thompson took bronze in the boys 50m freestyle.