00:00In 2009, there was Josanne Lucas, bronze medal in the final of the women's 400m hurdles of the world championships in Berlin, with a national record of 53.20 seconds.
00:12In 2011, there was Kellyanne Baptiste, bronze medal in the final of the women's 100m world championships in Degu.
00:20In 2015, there was Michelle Li Ayi, part of the bronze medal 4x100m relay team that set a national record of 42.03 seconds in the final of the world championships in Beijing.
00:34Of the 19 athletes to medal at the world championships for TNT, only five were women. Four were part of the 2015 relay team.
00:42Ten years on, 2025, Lea Bertrand is the only female sprinter representing the team in the women's 100m at the world championships in Tokyo.
00:53There's no Michelle Li Ayi. The 33-year-old still currently holds the national record of 10.82 seconds in the 100m, but she did not compete at the national championships despite still actively competing outside of TNT.
01:07Bertrand stepped up and became the new national champion in the women's 100m, 11.04 seconds in hot conditions.
01:16The 23-year-old is in a prime position to become the next sprint queen of Trinidad and Tobago.
01:22In a year of multiple sub-11 performances, she has demonstrated a great sense of self-belief and a killer instinct to win.
01:29Lea Bertrand in the middle. She's going to have to try to leg this one out.
01:32Joella Lloyd from Florida State has the lead, and the front three will be Lea Bertrand and Thea Charlton from Florida.
01:40She established her personal best on her way to the NCAA final in June with a time of 10.92 seconds.
01:48Set a new program record for Ohio State University as well.
01:51Her most recent performance prior to the world championships saw her warming up with a fourth-place finish at the Continental World Athletics Tour on September 9th with a time of 11.34 seconds.
02:05After reaching the semi-final of the 2024 Olympics, it seems that she's finding her place regularly amongst the best in the world.
02:13She will line up in heat six of the women's 100m on Saturday.
02:17Sergio Dufour, TV6 Sport.
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