MAKING OF CHAMPS: Organisers move past false start challenges

Following last year’s controversy where more than 60 false starts were recorded over the five-day ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs), meet director, Anthony Davis, says measures have been taken to ensure that those unprecedented numbers are not repeated. The 2026 Championships have already seen false starts, not unusual in high-pressure competition even at the international senior level.