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Bahamas to Host 2018 CARIFTA Games for 8th Time
SPIRIT OF CARIFTA – BAAA’s President Rosamunde Carey (left), Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Hon. Michael Pintard (Center) and Pauline Davis-Thompson IAAF Council Member dance to the sounds of the CARIFTA Congoes at the launch of the Flow CARIFTA Games Bahamas 2018 press conference. The 47th annual CARIFTA Games will be held in Nassau,…
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 MoreNo Bolt, Powell on Jamaica’s Team to The Bahamas
Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will not be at the World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas this weekend. And news broke yesterday (19th) about the late withdrawal of Rio Olympic 4x100m gold medalist Asafa Powell and Julian Forte, a member of the relay team to the Bahamas in 2015. Quarter-miler and national 400m record holder 20Rusheen McDonald…
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 MoreFormer LSU Tiger Anchors USA to World Indoor 4×4 Gold
In bouncing back from disqualification in the qualifying heats of the Men’s 400m, former Louisiana State University (LSU) Tiger Vernon Norwood became a World Champion for the second time in his career, when he anchored the United States to gold in the men’s 4x400m relay last Sunday’s at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in…
Read MoreLSU Tigers Run PBs at Conference Clash Power Five Invitational
After both running the NCAA’s No. 2-ranked times in their events in Friday’s (Jan. 22) qualifiers, Louisiana State University (LSU) juniors Jordan Moore and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake took one step further in Saturday’s finals as they both clocked NCAA-leading personal bests (PB) to headline the inaugural Conference Clash Power Five Invitational at the Birmingham Crossplex in…
Read MoreThe ‘Next Generation’ for New York Grand Prix Today
Sharika Nelvis, Aleec Harris, Tori Bowie, Jehue Gordon, Tony McQuay, and Jasmin Stowers are all set to compete at the adidas Grand Prix in New York City on 13 June. The six rising young stars will join Ajeé Wilson in giving a close-up look at the future of the sport. Wilson, 20 and a native…
Read MoreMore Stars Added to New York Grand Prix Lineup
Reigning Olympic gold medalists Jenn Suhr and Sally Pearson lead the latest addition of top athletes headed to the adidas Grand Prix in New York City on June 13. Suhr, the World Indoor record-holder and 15-time U.S. champion, has returned from a foot injury that forced her to withdraw from the USATF Indoor Championships this last…
Read MoreUSA’s Jasmin Stowers Makes Big Statement in Kingston
Jasmin Stowers burst onto the international stage with a personal best of 12.40secs at the 2015 Drake Relays. Just over two weeks later on Saturday, May 9, she announced herself as a true World Championship hopeful by lowering her world-leading time in winning the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2015 Jamaican Invitational International. Stowers, a…
Read MoreUsain Bolt to Compete at New York adidas Grand Prix
Usain Bolt will compete in New York City for the first time since 2008 when he returns to the adidas Grand Prix on June 13, organizers have announced. It will be a homecoming of sorts for Bolt, who set his first world record in the 100m in 9.72secs at Icahn Stadium on May 31, 2008.…
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