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Bolt, Fraser-Pryce Share Stage with 800m Compatriot Prodigy
Urgency of the Jamaican 800m New York – If you are Jamaican, chances are that you are fast: fast talker, fast walker or fast runner. In Jamaica, there is always an immediate need for speed. Herb McKenley, Merlene Ottey, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Sprint King Usain Bolt, Sprint Empress Shelly Ann-Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson, did not come…
Read MoreBolt’s ‘Send-off Party’ in Kingston Emotional for Him
Jamaica gave its sprint king, Usain Bolt, a grand send-off party, complete with speeches, dancehall music, and fireworks at the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston last night (June 10). The double world record holder was running his first individual race of the season and his last on his home soil before he retires from the…
Read MoreOutstanding Performances at Jamaica Int’l Invitational
In his first complete race of the season, Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake showed he has returned to form with 9.93secs (0.4 wind) clocking to take the men’s 100m at the Jamaica International Invitational meet in Kingston last night (20th). The 2012 double Olympic silver medalist has had two major injuries since his 2012 performance and…
Read MoreGearing up For USA vs. The World at Penn Relays
Philadelphia, Apr. 27 – The 2017 Penn Relays at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field in Philadelphia is, once again, bringing together elite athletes representing their countries, schools, and other institutions as they seek to make their mark. The Saturday afternoon final-day USA vs. The World events have always been a big attraction, and this…
Read MoreSolid Strategy Gives Hosts Bahamas First World Relays Gold
Bahamian track fans got something to rejoice about on Sunday (23) when their mixed-gender 4x400m team mined gold at the third renewal of the World Relays in that country’s capital city Nassau. It was the first time that the Bahamians won gold in the event since it began on their own turf in 2014. Introduced…
Read MoreBrits Scratch Women’s 4×1 Team from World Relays
Concerns over injuries have caused British Athletics to withdraw Britain’s women’s 4x100m team entry from this weekend’s IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas as a precautionary measure. According to a British Athletics press release, Daryll Neita [hamstring] and Desiree Henry [knee], members of the 2016 Rio Olympic bronze medal team, have both picked up slight injury…
Read More20 Olympians, 11 Rio Medalists on US World Relays Squad
The USA has selected 20 of its Olympians, including 11 medalists, from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, to participate in the 2017 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas this weekend, April 22-23. The Relays will consist of five events spread across four disciplines: the 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m and 4x800m for both men and women,…
Read MoreThompson Leads Jamaican Women 1-2-3 in Birmingham 60m
Jamaica’s double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson ran away from the field to capture the women’s 60m dash at Saturday’s (18) Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix in a world-leading 6.98secs. In storming to victory, Thompson pulled her compatriots Gayon Evans (7.17) and Christania Williams (7.18) into second and third places, respectively. USA’s Barbara Pierre, the 2016 World…
Read MoreTale of an MVP Superstar Sprinter and the New ‘It’ Girl
NEW YORK: The more things change, the more they remain the same. Take for example the miscommunication between Coach Stephen Francis and his star, or would-be former star pupil, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Coach Francis exemplifies the stereotypical “one-woman-man” syndrome, which is frowned upon in a Jamaican male-dominated society. The argument stands by itself and should not…
Read MoreUSA Women Defend 4×4 Relay Title and Men Regain Crown
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games ended Saturday night (20th) with victories for the USA in the women’s and men’s 4x400m relays. Running against archrivals and 2015 World Championships winner Jamaica in the women’s event, the USA established a lead at the first exchange, which Jamaica’s 400m World bronze medalist Shericka Jackson closed significantly by the…
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