Athletics-Bahamian Strachan good-natured after scare by mascot at world championships

Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's 200m - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 24, 2023 Kayla White of the U.S., Britain's Daryll Neita and Bahamas' Anthonique Strachan in action during heat 2 REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Bahamian sprinter Anthonique Strachan was good-natured after getting quite a scare from the event's mascot, Youhuu, moments after her 200-metres semi-final at the World Athletics Championships.

Strachan had just sat down on a couch in the "q room" - where non-automatic qualifiers can wait to see if they have advanced - on Thursday when Youhuu, a native Hungarian racka sheep known for its huge, spiral horns, poked its head out from behind the sofa.