ROME – At the Golden Gala meet here Thursday American sprinter Justin Gatlin narrowly defeated Jamaican Usain Bolt, capturing the 100 meter gold with a time of 9.94 seconds. Bolt, who received the silver, finished with a time of 9.95 seconds, suffering his first major loss since his false-start disqualification at the 2011 world championships [...]
Usain Bolt Adds Another JAAA Award to His Collection
January 10, 2013 | Posted by
Sprinting sensation Usain Bolt added his third Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association Golden Cleats Award to his collection on Tuesday. Bolt, who had an amazing showing at the 2012 London Olympics, repeated as champion in the 100 and 200 meters. He also captured his third gold medal as the anchorman on Jamaica’s 4x100m relay team, which [...]
IAAF Ratifies Jamaica’s World Record Run in 4x100m Final at 2012 Olympics
December 19, 2012 | Posted by
The International Association of Athletics Federations has ratified Jamaica’s world record run of 36.84 in the men’s 4x100m final set at the 2012 London Olympic Games in August. In the IAAF’s December issue of their online magazine, they ratified Michael Frater, Nesta Carter, Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt blazing time and record. The foursome captured [...]
Usain Bolt Considering Soccer or Cricket After 2016 Olympics
November 20, 2012 | Posted by
Usain Bolt, the two-time defending Olympic champion in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m, is considering changing his profession to soccer or cricket after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ricky Simms, Bolt’s agent, even hinted that the 26-year-old Jamaican would consider both sports as a post career after retiring from track and field. [...]
Yohan Blake Working On Technical Aspects Of Race
November 15, 2012 | Posted by
Yohan Blake, the Jamaican sprint star, wants to improve his time going into the World Championships in Moscow next year by improving the technical aspects of his race. Blake, who won the title last year in 9.93 seconds, said his preseason training has already begun as he anticipates defending his 100-meter title in Moscow. But [...]
Diving: Yona takes plunge for Jamaican ‘first’
October 27, 2012 | Posted by
With Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake spearheading the artillery, Jamaica are a force to be reckoned with at an Olympic Games. Hoping to join them come Rio in 2016 is Leeds-born Jamaican diving star Yona Knight-Wisdom. Knight-Wisdom, 17, is another rising talent from the City of Leeds Diving Club which sent an amazing contingent of [...]
Jamaican Athletes Lead the Nominees for IAAF Awards
October 10, 2012 | Posted by
The Jamaicans are once again in a lane of their own as they lead the nominee race for the IAAF Awards that will be held in Barcelona, Spain on November 24. Olympic gold medalists Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, as well as relay gold medalist Yohan Blake, are the Jamaicans that have been listed among [...]
Usain Bolt To Go For 3rd Consecutive Golds in 2016 Olympics
October 9, 2012 | Posted by
Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest human, confirmed that he plans to defend his titles in the 100 and 200 meters at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Bolt said his plan for 2016 “is all about just going and defending my titles.” He became the first man to win sprint gold medals in consecutive Olympics [...]
London Olympic Gold and The Caribbean Image
August 12, 2012 | Posted by
THE remarkable feats of Jamaican athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games and, to a lesser extent, those of Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago, must make all citizens of our Caribbean Community quite proud to be part of the chain of islands and mainland territories that comprise this microcosm of peoples of diverse ethnicities, cultures, economic [...]
Usain Bolt Makes History In Capturing 200 Meters Gold
August 9, 2012 | Posted by
Usain Bolt repeats sprint double in leading a Jamaican 200 sweep If there was any notion that Usain Bolt was distracted from his talk about playing soccer for Manchester United or that he grew complacent after winning the 100 meters gold medal last week or that he had somehow lost a step . . . [...]
