Global Relay Teams Add Spice to Penn Carnival 2024

Organizers of the Penn Relay carnival will announce the final schedule of events soon for the 128th staging on April 25-27, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the US. And the much-heralded USA vs. The World Saturday afternoon feature will return in nature but not in name. In addition, some of the most premier college programs…

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World Records Close Out ’23 Pre Classic

The 2023 Prefontaine Classic (the final stop in the Diamond League series, which doubled as the Wanda Diamond League Final) ended on a high note, literally, Sunday (September 17) in the US city of Eugene, Oregon, with pole vault and 5000m world records as the two-day affair rose to a crescendo. Swedish pole vault sensation…

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A Vintage Thompson-Herah Emerges on the Horizon

Jamaica’s double-double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is on her way back to where she belongs: the top of the Olympic podium. After two years of injury woes, slow times by her standards, a new shoe sponsor, and a new coach who knows how to work around her injuries, Thompson-Herah has found new life and renewed…

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Moments of Highs and Lows in Budapest

USA’s Crouser Slides to Gold USA’s Ryan Crouser, the shot-put world record holder at 23.56m  (77’-3¾”), managed to bring himself back from two blood clots in his lower leg as well as the stressing out over finding the safest treatment and wondering whether he would be able to defend his title in Budapest to heaving…

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A Case of Gender Disparity at Champs ’23

Close up image of a girl running in a marathon

It was only the second day of the 113th annual ISSA Grace Kennedy-sponsored Jamaica national Boys and Girls High School Track and Field Championships (better known as Champs) when arguably the greatest history was made since its inception.   It was truly historic when for the first time in the 113 years of Champs that a Class…

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Let Thompson-Herah Breathe and Do Her Job on The Track

Now that the track season is over, it is time to reflect on two unpleasant sentiments among Jamaican followers of the sport, one of which has caught the attention of many, even American sprinter Sha’Carrie Richardson. It is interesting that every time Jamaican senior women compete in a global 4x100m relay, a disturbing level of…

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World Women’s 100m: Who Will Wear the Coveted Crown?

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (35) is determined to leave Oregon with the 100m gold medal. She has the world-leading time of 10.67, and she has posted three sub-11secs three times this season. One full second behind her is fast-finishing compatriot Shericka Jackson (28) at 10.77. Nipping at Jackson’s heel is double double Olympic champion and their…

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