Posts under ‘Jamaica’

Video: Usain Bolt’s Olympic Gold Medal Run

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Update: Youtube deleted the previous video but this new one should work.
This is the best video of Usain Bolt’s gold medal winning run I can find at Youtube. I think the IOC and its ilk are preventing the uploading of better videos. Damn them.
Anyways, congratulations to you Usain. What will that [...]


Merlene Ottey: Is She the Next Dara Mama?

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 [...]


Olympian to Watch: Veronica Campbell, Jamaican Sprinter

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

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.
Following the doping scandals involving Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery, Antonio Pettigrew, and the endless [...]


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