Steven Gardiner is back

It seems that Steven Gardiner, the World and Olympic champion in athletics, has started his outdoor season strong with a win in the men’s 300 meters at the 17th Annual Spring Break Classic in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Despite missing the defense of his title at the 2019 World Championships due to tendon inflammation last summer, Gardiner is now ranked at number eight on the world’s 300m all-time list outdoors.

Gardiner made a time of 31.59 seconds, which was just a little bit off his Bahamian national record of 31.52. He is continuing his continuing what he started right before his injury and is preparing to take back his 400m title at the World Athletics’ 2023 World Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary, which will take place in July.

Kyron McMaster, the Olympic 500m hurdles fourth-place finisher from the British Virgin Islands, finished second with a time of 32.96, while Ian Gutiérrez Almedina completed the top three spots in 33.10. Gardiner had previously won a pair of victories in the 300m indoors with a season’s best of 33.03.