Keston Bledman

Keston Bledman (born March 8 1988 in Port-of-Spain) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/8003609.shtml Athlete biography: Keston Bledman] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 29, 2008]

On July 7, 2007, at the Pan American Juniors in Sao Paolo, Brazil, he upset the Jamaican Yohan Blake in the 100 metres, finishing in 10.32 seconds (-1.1 wind).

Bledman represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong and Richard Thompson. In their qualification heat they placed first in front of Japan, the Netherlands and Brazil. Their time of 38.26 was the fastest of all sixteen teams participating in the first round and they qualified for the final. Armstrong was replaced by Emmanuel Callender for the final race and they sprinted to a time of 38.06 seconds, the second time after the Jamaican team, winning the silver medal.

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