Not only is this Duquemin’s best ever throw, but the 16-year-old has now eclipsed the former Island record, set by Lauren Thérin, who was three years older than Shadine when she threw 47.25m in 2005 in Portsmouth.
‘Phenomenal. Simply phenomenal,’ said Duquemin’s coach, John Hillier On Sunday.
‘If this had been the Commonwealth Games, in Delhi, she would have made the final of the senior event. She must be in the top ten of all British athletes, in the throwing disciplines. Afterwards the head of the British Athletics Association phoned to say how pleased he was by her achievement. I’m not sure where we go from here, but for someone so small, for a thrower, the world really is her oyster.
‘Shadine is now the best under-20 discus thrower in Great Britain. Technically, she’s brilliant. I’m amazed that someone so small (compared to the 14-15 stone athletes she’s competing against) can throw such a distance.’
Full story in Monday’s JEP
