Update: Youtube deleted the previous video but this new one should work.
Entries Tagged 'Jamaica' ↓
Video: Usain Bolt’s Olympic Gold Medal Run
August 16th, 2008 — Athletics, Jamaica
Merlene Ottey: Is She the Next Dara Mama?
July 19th, 2008 — Athletics, Jamaica, Slovenia
Merlene Ottey is 48 years old — 4 years older than Dara Torres — but she just might make it to her 8th Olympic Games if she manages to qualify before the qualification deadline on Wednesday. Merlene has been participating in the Olympics since 1980 representing Jamaica and Slovenia [in 2004]. She boasts of three gold medals from the World Championships but is less successful in the Olympics where she bagged three silvers and five bronzes.
Merlene will be joining our Dara Mama Club if she makes it to Beijing. Go Merlene.
Olympian to Watch: Veronica Campbell, Jamaican Sprinter
May 21st, 2008 — 100 Meter Dash, 200 Meter Dash, Athletics, Jamaica
Will Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell win a sprint double in the Beijing Olympics? She is the defending champion in the 100 meters and she won a gold medal for the 200 meters in the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan.
PHOTO CREDIT: AFP/Getty Images
Usain Bolt, Second Fastest Ever
May 6th, 2008 — 100 Meter Dash, Athletics, Jamaica
Is he a doper too? I know it’s unfair but that’s the first thing that came to mind when I read this:
Usain Bolt was on fire at Saturday night’s Jamaica International Invitation, posting a sizzling 9.76sec, the second fastest 100m time ever.
