Category: Olympics

  • Jamaican 50th Anniversary Olympic medal haul

    The following is a table of the Jamaican Olympic medal haul over the years, a list provided to you mainly because this is the 50th independence year anniversary.  For non-Jamaicans, Jamaica became independent of Britain on August 12, 1962. Games (year – city, country) Gold Silver Bronze Total 1948 – London, England 1 2 0 3…

  • Bolt anchors JA 4x100M to Gold, World Record

    Going into the 4x100M finals, there were 4 facts: (1) Jamaica won the last 3 at world events ( 2008 Olympics, 2009 & 2011 World Championships) (2) Jamaica broke the world record twice, with it at 37.04 (3) Asafa Powell would not be running, but Jamaica was still confident (4) The USA had mishaps in…

  • It is 1-2-3 for Jamaica in the 200M

    Jamaica cemented their dominance in the men’s sprint by following up their 1-2 finish in the 100M with a 1-2-3 finish in the 200M. At the end, it was Usain “Lightning” Bolt winning in 19.32, with training partners Yohan Blake 19.44 and Warren Weir 19.84 personal best, finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. A great post-50th…

  • Usain “Lightning” Bolt sets new Olympic record

    During this year’s preparation for the Olympics (London 2012), defending Olympics champion and world record holder, Usain Bolt, was beaten by his countryman and training partner, Yohan Blake, in both 100M and 200M races. As a result, the sporting world was split on who the current “world’s fastest man” is. At about 8:00 PM London…

  • Fraser-Price strikes gold first for Jamaica

    In the women’s 100M track and field sprint finals today, it was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price winning Jamaica’s first gold of the 2012 Olympic Games. 1 FRASER-PRYCE Shelly-Ann 10.75 2 JETER Carmelita 10.78 3 CAMPBELL-BROWN Veronica 10.81 In the same race, Jamaica’s other sprint queen Veronica Campbell-Brown ran a season best 10.81 to finish 3rd, picking up…

  • The 2012 Olympics are here

    This month, July 27, 2012, marks the opening of the 2012 London Olympics.  This is expected to be the most highly-anticipated Olympic games by the English-speaking Caribbean in history.  The main reason is that it’s held in Britain where we have many Caribbean immigrants.  Other reasons are the high medal expectation of Jamaicans, Trinbagonians, Bahamians,…