BY PAUL A REID Observer writer Sunday, April 12, 2015 Medallists (from left) Sanjae Lawrence (shot put silver), Safia Morgan (high jump gold), Shanae McKenzie (high jump bronze), Isheeka Binns (javelin gold), Ayesha Champaignie (javelin silver) and Demar Gayle (shot put gold) pose with their medals. Christopher Taylor crosses the finish line to win the Under-18 400m in a new record 46.64 seconds a... »
It appears that United States President Barack Obama and sprint sensation Usain Bolt are quite fond of each other. Obama, who recently paid a working visit to Jamaica, had high praises for Bolt. The Olympic champion said that the president told him that ‘he [Bolt] is the greatest.” Bolt also said he was a bit nervous to meet Obama. The President met with Bolt and shared an epic moment where they d... »
Jamaica put on another master class to top the medal tables at the 44th CARIFTA Games that ended at the Kim Collins stadium in Basseterre, St Kitts on Monday. The Jamaicans amassed a whopping 85 medals, comprising 41 gold, 25 silver and 19 bronze, to top the medal tables for a 31st straight year and 39th time overall in the 44th year of the championships. Jamaicans also accounted for 10 of the 14 ... »
Christopher Taylor continued his phenomenal rise as he broke a long-standing record belonging to the legendary Usain Bolt on Saturday at the 44th CARIFTA Games at the Silver Jubilee Stadium in St Kitts. Sixteen-year-old Taylor clocked 46.64 seconds to beat the 47.33 seconds set by a 15 year old Bolt in the Bahamas in 2002 as he won the Under 18 boys 400m gold medal. He was pushed all the way by Tr... »
Jaheel Hyde lived up to expectations with an easy win in the Boys’ Under-20 400-metre hurdles at the 44th CARIFTA Games at the Kim Collins stadium in Basseterre, St Kitts on Sunday. The IAAF World Junior Champion took control early and jogged to the line after the final barrier to win in 50.96 seconds, followed home by team mate Marvin Williams, who clocked 51.11 seconds. Barbados’ Stephen Griffit... »
Usain Bolt, the six-time Olympic gold medalist, has been ranked as the 16th greatest athlete in the past 20 years in a list compiled by ESPN.com to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Retired NBA great Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady and Roger Federer are the top five on the list. Bolt, the fastest man that ever lived and an eight-time World Championship gold medallist was also pl... »
All but one of Jamaica’s representatives in the 100m event at the 44th CARIFTA Games, being held at the Silver Jubilee Stadium in St Kitts, advanced to Saturday’s finals. Rene Medley, in the Under 20 girls section, was the only runner not to advance as she finished at the back of her semi-final heat in 12.40 seconds. Natalliah White will however fly the Jamaican flag after winning her semi-final i... »
Usain Bolt will this year compete at the Adidas Grand Prix at the Icahn Stadium in New York, the site where he broke the 100-metre world record for the first time (9.72s) in 2008. The event will be held on June 13. However, it was not announced whether the six-time Olympic champion would be competing in the 100 or 200 metres. It will also be Bolt’s first appearance on the track in the United State... »
Six-time Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt will run the 100 metre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Brazilian Jockey Club on April 19. Bolt, the world-record holder in the 100 and 200 metres, will face two international rivals and a local sprinter. It will be Bolt’s third consecutive appearance in the event, which he also won in 2013 and 2014. Loop News Service »
Usain Bolt eased to victory in his first individual race of 2015 at Saturday’s GC Foster Classic. Check out the video below, courtesy of Digicel SportsMax. »
Sabrina Cammock, a senior track and field star at Syracuse University, was visiting the city on spring break with a group of friends. They all went out together Friday night, then returned to their rooms at the Edison Hotel to sleep. Cammock passed away sometime over night and was found around 9:30am Saturday, the cause of death unknown. Police say there were no signs of forced entry, no signs of ... »
Global sprint star Usain Bolt will run the 200 metres at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 9. It will be Bolt’s second big race of the summer, with the six-time Olympic champion from Jamaica also set to line-up in the 100 meters at the Areva meeting in Paris five days earlier. Bolt has yet to finalize the remainder of his summer program before the world champ... »
The final day of the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) National Carifta Trials was highlighted yesterday by some super fast performances, chief among them a stupendous 45.69-second clocking by Calabar’s Christopher Taylor in the boys’ Under-18 400-metre event at the National Stadium. Running out of lane seven, the impressive Taylor blew away the field and sent the mod... »
Kingston, Jamaica- Tyquendo Tracey ran a splendid anchor leg to hold off the late surge of the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt to give the University of Technology (UTech) victory over the Racers Lions in the Mens’ Clubs and Institutions 4X100 metre relay at the ongoing Gibson/McCook Relays at the National Stadium. Julian Forte ran a brilliant third-leg for UTech to keep Warren Weir of ... »
National Commercial Bank (NCB) chairman Michael Lee Chin and NCB Foundation on Wednesday handed over $30-million to the MVP Track and Field Club at the University of Technology in St Andrew. “We have to take the bull by the horn and build a better Jamaica,” Lee Chin said at the hand-over ceremony. “Our interest harks back to 2005. We saw a club that was training high potential, young Jamaicans to ... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Despite the build-up, world record holder for the 100m and 200m, Usian Bolt did not make his season debut today at the Camperdown Classic meet which ended a short while ago at the National Stadium. No official reason was given for Bolt’s non participation. Javon Francis who was running for the time in almost a year won his heat of the 400m in a time of 46.29 seconds. Francis la... »
JAMAICA’S double Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is scheduled to make his return to the track at Saturday’s Camperdown Classic after cutting his injury-plagued season short last August. Bolt, who ran just three races in 2014, has been entered for the Valentine’s Day Camperdown Classic on February 14 at the National Stadium. Following his 9.98sec victory in Poland on August 23,... »
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will not be fighting anytime soon because the boxing legend is now relaxing and smoking weed in Jamaica. Rumors of a new Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight surfaced online last week with TMZ being the first to break the story. But now Floyd Mayweather has refuted those claims calling it all lies. “Laying back, relaxing, enjoying good weather, palm trees and p... »
Rihanna and Usain Bolt could be bumping heads regularly at the Puma headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany soon. The Bajan pop icon flew into the sports wear head office on Monday night to sign a new deal with the company that will see her taking on a new role as a Creative Director and a global ambassador. Up to now Usain Bolt was the biggest name Puma has behind the brand, but now Rihanna will ... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica College (JC) are 2014 Olivier Shield champions defeating Clarendon College (CC) 1-0 at the Juici Field in Clarendon a short while ago. JC went ahead in the 16th minute through Akeem Shackleford from a Raffique Bryan cross. Controlling the game from the start JC maintained the pressure on Clarendon College as the half ended. On the resumption CC upped their game somewhat... »
Alia Atkinson became the first black woman to win a world swimming title when she triumphed in the 100m breaststroke at the world short-course championships in Doha on Saturday as more records tumbled. Jamaican Atkinson, 25, claimed the title and equalled Ruta Meilutyte’s world record of 1min 02.36sec in the process – although under governing body FINA rules this still equates to a new... »
St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) have never been able to repeat as daCosta Cup champions and this year was no exception; they were beaten 3-0 by a marauding Clarendon College team at the Montego Bay Spots Complex on Saturday. STETHS won their fourth title last year and advanced to their fourth straight finals this season, but last year’s hold is the only title they have to show for thei... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica College have defended their Manning Cup title defeating Charlie Smith 2-1 in the 2014 final at the National Stadium Saturday afternoon. Charlie Smith, ending the game with 10 men, were unable to withstand the might of JC who are gunning for four schoolboy football titles this year. In an evenly contested first half JC came the closer to hitting the back of the net when ... »
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius spent his first night of a five-year jail term in a single cell in the hospital wing of a prison in the capital, Pretoria, said a prison official. He seemed confused and tired when he entered the Kgosi Mampuru facility, prison commissioner Zebilon Monama told the South African Press Association. Monama said Pistorius was tense as wardens took his f... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Reggae Boyz have lost their friendly international match to Japan. The game ended 1-0 thanks to an own goal from the Reggae Boyz’ Nyron Nosworthy. The game was played today in Japan. source: jamaica observer »
