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Gay Ready to Challenge Bolt
American sprinter tyson gay is promising fireworks at this summer's
london olympics, where he's expected to renew rivalry with jamaica's
reigning olympic double sprint champion Usain Bolt. 1/27/12 |
Nesta Ramping up His Training
Nesta Carter, the fourth fastest man in history, is targeting a
return to his best after a sub-standard year in 2011. 1/27/12 |
US Hurdler, Jamaican Roots
American Olympic champion Dawn Harper always felt a close kinship to
Jamaican athletes, even those among her fiercest on-track rivals.
Turns out the hurdler's connection to
the
island runs much deeper than most knew.
1/27/12 |
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New National Stadium, Why?
The new man at the helm of the organising
committee for the Gibson Relays, Rainford Wilks, believes it is full
time a modern stadium be built to host local track and
field
events. 1/27/12 |
Millrose and the Jamaican Stars
Jamaican sprint stars Asafa Powell and Veronica Campbell Brown will
star in tomorrow's US Open indoor track meet, a new event replacing
the Millrose Games in venerable Madison Square Garden. 1/27/12 |
Staging the Prestigious Gibson
The 36th staging of the prestigious Gatorade Gibson
Relays set for Saturday, February 25 at the National Stadium was
launched yesterday at the Knutsford Court Hotel with a promise to
have a book documenting its rich history. 1/27/12 |
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ICM Caribbean Oly. Coverage
International Media Content Ltd (IMC), parent company of regional
sports cable channel SportsMax, has committed to transmitting more
than 396 hours of television coverage and 130 hours of radio
coverage for London 2012. 1/26/12 |
Everyone Wants Shelly's Crown
Look again at your video on the women's 100 final at the 2011 World
Championships in Daegu. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the little Jamaican
in lane three, rose from her blocks first and after two steps has a
clear lead. 1/26/12 |
VCB Foundation Scholarships
Terry-Shanice Matthias, an eighth grade students at St Andrew
Technical High School (STATHS), was last Friday presented with her
bursary from the Veronica Campbell Brown Foundation in a brief
ceremony at the school. 1/26/12 |
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Shaneika Thomas PR Indoors
Nineteen-year-old six-footer Shaneika Thomas, formerl of a Vere
Technical, now competing for San Diego University, logged a
collegiate-leading and personal best 13.19 metres to place second in
the triple jump at the Bronco Invitational in Nampa, Idaho last
weekend. 1/26/12 |
Branding of Track & Field 2012
ONE of local sport's most respected voices Mike Fennell
yesterday laid out the fundamentals of a road map that must be
followed if Jamaica hopes to cash-in on its rich sporting success.
1/26/12 |
MVP Target 4 Main Oly Events
AS the world's leading athletes prepare themselves for this summer's
Olympic Games in London, England, members of the local-based MVP
Track and Field Club will be focusing on four main events for the
2012 athletic season. 1/26/12 |
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Bolt and British Tax Waiver 2014
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and other overseas athletes
will not have to pay British income tax if they compete in the 2014
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, encouraging big names to build the
event into their schedule. 1/26/12 |
Irwin Clare & CG Appointment
CEO and Co-founder of Team Jamaica Bickle, Irwin Clare has reacted
positively to the appointment of Jamaica's Consul General to New
York, Geneive Brown-Metzger to the board of the Friends of the
Annual Penn Relay Carnival in the USA. 1/25/12 |
Al Francis and Cross Country
Chairman of the Organising Committee for the
National Cross Country Championships, Alfred 'Frano' Francis, hopes
that local athletes will continue to develop an appetite for
distance running and this will translate into improved performances
on the international scene. 1/35/12 |
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Traves Might be eyeing
London Traves Smikle should be starting his
college career about now and starting his preparation for the
outdoor college season, but administrative snags will delay this
until at least September. 1/25/12 |
Team Jamaica Bickle & GCF
TEAM Jamaica Bickle has extended its alliance with G C Foster
College to 12 years yesterday with the handing over of a US$7,500
(JMD$640,000) cheque for financial support to 12 student athletes.
1/24/12 |
Dr Brown Metzger,Penn Relays
Dr Geneive Brown Metzger, Jamaica's Consul General to New York has
been appointed to the Board of the Friends of the prestigious Penn
Relays Carnival. 1/24/12 |
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K'Don Samuels at Texas Open
Jamaica's K'Don Samuels opened his season with an impressive 5.20m
for second place in the pole vault at the Texas Tech Indoors Open at
the TTU Athletics Training centre, Lubbock, Texas on Saturday.
1/23/12 |
Jason Morgan Seeking Help
Jamaica's discus National Record holder Jason Morgan has his eyes
set on creating even more history this year when he competes at the
Olympic Games in London this July. 1/23/12 |
Ashinia Miller's New SP Record
Carrying a torn muscle in his non-throwing
shoulder, Calabar High School's Ashinia Miller on Saturday
obliterated his own national junior record, hurling the
shot
put an impressive 20.17
metres at the Big Shot meet at St Hugh's High School. 1/23/12 |
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Bolt Plays Down Blake Rivalry
With swirling discussions about his relationship with rival sprinter
and Racers Track Club teammate Yohan Blake,
Usain
Bolt, took the opportunity at The
Jamaica Pegasus hotel to set the record straight.
1/22/12 |
MVP Stars Targets Best Times
If the preparation of the Maximising Velocity and Power (MVP) Track
Club athletes goes according to plan then the country could witness
the breaking of four national records this year. 1/22/12 |
Melaine Walker & the flat 400M
F you can run and jump 10 barriers while competing in the 400m
hurdles in 52.42 seconds, can you imagine how fast that person can
go if he'she runs the flat 400m without any obstacles? 1/22/12 |
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Veronica & Usain tops Awards
Sprinting megastar Usain Bolt was last night named
Jamaica's top sportsman for 2011, while fellow track star Veronica
Campbell-Brown and cricketing dynamo Stafanie Taylor shared the
female honours awards. 1/21/12 |
Blake will not be in Europe soon
Fans in Europe should not hold
their breath to see Jamaica’s newest
and youngest big-league sprinting sensation Yohan Blake race on
their continent anytime soon.
1/20/12
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Verone Chambers, by NAIA
Jamaica's Verone Chambers of Oklahoma Baptist has
been named NAIA National Women’s Indoor track athlete of the week.
1/20/12 |
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Sports Man & Woman of 2011
Veronica Campbell-Brown
looks set to walk away with her fourth RJR Sports Foundation
Sportswoman of the year award in the last six years, while the
Sportsman of the Year award will trigger another Usain Bolt and
Yohan Blake. 1/20/12 |
Melaine to open @ Queens Meet
Olympic 400m hurdles champion Melaine Walker is set to open her 2012
season at this year's 11th staging of The Queen's Grace Jackson
track
and
field meet which will be held at the National
Stadium on Saturday, January 28. 1/20/12 |
Central Hurdle&Relay Champs
IT will be a busy day on the
JAAA athletics calendar tomorrow as there will be
five Development meets across the island, with the Central Hurdles
and Relays meet at the G.C.
Foster
College being the main attraction. 1/20/12 |
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Bolt & Blake a Sparkling Duo
There has been much discussion on the sustainability of having two
direct rivals train together, but as far as fast-rising sprinter
Yohan Blake is concerned, he is quite comfortable training with
double world-record holder
Usain
Bolt. 1/20/12 |
Jackson Relays Sponsor Panadol
THE 26th Howard Jackson Relays will run off tomorrow at the Morant
Bay High and the action is set to going on the school's ground at
9:00 am. 1/20/12 |
Bolt confirms Golden Gala 100M
Usain Bolt said he will use the Golden Gala meet on May 31 as an
early test of his form ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
1/20/12 |
