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F or the longest time in track and field, there was only one athlete who was guaranteed to be in the winning column. That athlete is Usain Bolt. Barely any athlete could come close to him, pretty ...
Held inside Kingston's 1960's-built National Stadium, the four-day event is a track-and-field meet between Jamaica's high schools. Though perhaps that is understating it.
Jamaican women swept the medal stand in the 100-meter race. Jamaican men, meanwhile, have become an afterthought on the global track and field stage. By Kris Rhim As Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and ...
Michael Johnson lauded Jamaica for their passion for track and field upon reaching Kingston to launch the first edition of Grand Slam Track. This event is all set to be executed in 2025.
Usain Bolt dishes on the new generation of track athletes, how he’d fit in, and his life in Jamaica (which involves flip flops and Legos).
The most dominant runner at Jamaica's national track and field championships this summer was not a superstar sprinter like Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake or Veronica Campbell-Brown. Oct 27, 8:50 AM UTC ...
Jamaica Observer Photo Editor Bryan Cummings captures action from the Pure Water/JC Track and Field Invitational Meet at Jamaica College last Saturday. Basil Bingham Basil Bingham of Calabar High ...
Before Usain Bolt, there was Arthur Wint, Jamaica’s first gold medalist in the 400 meter race back in 1948. In this cinematic and beautifully scored short film titled LAND WE LOVE, Douglas ...
At the World Championships, Cuthbert-Flynn collected all her medals from the 4x100m event. She was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 1991 event in Tokyo, Japan.
Of those, 63 were claimed in events where runners needed to go 400 meters or less, two others were won in 800-meter runs (in 1948 and 1952) and only one — James Beckford's silver in the long ...