Crossing the Finish line with Avard Moncur, the first #bahamian male athlete to win a World Championship title on the track.Moncur, who made his international breakthrough as a senior athlete at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada in 1999, went on to secure a gold medal in the men’s 400 metres in 2001 at the World Championships and was also a member of the winning 4 x 400m relay team.Additionally, @avardmoncur also ran on the gold medal teams at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007 and the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico in 2011.He also ran a three other medal winning teams at the World Championships in 2005 in Helsinki, Finland and 2007 in Osaka, Japan (silver) and 2003 in Paris-St Denis, France (bronze).He also won a Commonwealth Games’ bronze medal in 2002 in the 400m in Manchester, England.The four-time Bahamian national champion who held the national record at 44.45 seconds until it was broken by Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown, also ran on the Bahamas’ 4 x 400m relay team that captured a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in 2000.At #AuburnUniversity he continued to excel as a member of the Tigers’ track team, winning the #NCAA title back-to-back in 2000 and 2001 #realtalkianandeian #bahamas🇧🇸🌴☀️ #ianandeian

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