Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akaputsa rekodhi yemakwikwi gore rakatevera pa2009 CAC Championships
, raakawana mumasemi-fainari. Zvisinei, akarohwa mumutambo wokupedzisira nomukundi weOlympic Dayron Robles. Pa2009 World Championships muAthletics, kana Robles kana mutsigiri wepasi rose Liu Xiang vakanga varipo pakupedzisira sezvo vakasiya nekuda kwekukuvara. Brathwaite akatora mukana weizvi, achiisa mutsva wakanakisa we13.18 mumasemi-fainari, uye akavandudza kusvika pa13.14 kuhwina goridhe uye kuve shasha yenyika ya2009. Pazera ramakore 21, akanga ari shasha duku zvikurusa yechiitiko chacho. Mushure memenduru yegoridhe, akakunda pamusangano weMemorial Van Damme uye akavhara gore rakabudirira neimwe goridhe pa2009 IAAF World Athletics Final.