Edward Aiming to Put Panama Back on the Olympic Podium

Published by IAAF on December 19, 2015

Despite running his third fastest time ever and winning his second consecutive Diamond Race, 200m specialist Alonso Edward believes that 2015 was merely an “OK season”.

The Panamanian is now channelling his energy, and slight frustration, into his campaign to earn the Central American country a rare Olympic medal

“To me, it was only an OK year because I did not win a medal at the world championships. The Diamond Race trophy was a consolation and also a prize for my consistency, but a medal in Beijing is what really mattered,” said the sprinter, who turned 26 on 8 December.

Providing a potential question for Trivial Pursuits fans, the 2009 world championship silver medallist ran the fastest time ever in lane nine, coming through from seventh place with 80 metres to go to eventually finish fourth in a photo-finish with South Africa’s bronze medallist Anaso Jobodwana. They were both timed 19.87 but the verdict went to the latter man.