Bright-looking future for female sprinting

Wed, Mar 30th 2011, 06:28 AM

The original Golden Girls of The Bahamas started something really good.
Pauline Davis, Chandra Sturrup, Eldece Clarke, Savetheda Fynes and Debbie Ferguson put together an international run in the sprint relay from 1996 to 2002 that will live on throughout time.
Olympic gold and silver medals, a world championship and a Commonwealth gold highlighted a period of dominance for the Bahamian speed ladies few other nations can compare with. (Timicka Clarke joined Sturrup, Ferguson and Fynes for the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games triumph following the retirement of Davis and Eldece Clarke).
Sturrup and Ferguson are still in the mix but supporters in this country and around the world know that in a few ye ...

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