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Athletics
Dashawn Morris okay with exclusion from 400m
TAMPERE, Finland — Despite being caught up in a public opinion storm about his exclusion from the individual 400m at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, Dashawn Morris says he is Ok with the decision of the Jamaican team coaches and... Read More
'Expect better from me'
TAMPERE, Finland — A concern of one of the island's most promising male sprinters, Jhevaughn Matherson, that will linger in the minds of most Jamaican track and field fans is the litany of disappointments over the last three seasons. Read More
Photo: CHANG STRIKES GOLD!
Jamaica's Kai Chang after winning gold in the men's discus throw with a personal best 62.36m, at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships inside the Tampere Stadium in Finland yesterday. Chang's effort provided Jamaica with a fourth gold medal at the meet and increased the tally to a best-ever haul... Read More
'I feel very happy!
Jamaica's rising star Akeem Bloomfield won his first Diamond League race on Friday in a scorching 44.33 seconds and cited the morale-boosting victory as a major stepping stone in his professional career. Read More
Briana not ready to go pro, says coach Boldon
TAMPERE, Finland — Despite her success in winning a rare sprint double at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships, 16-year old Jamaican prodigy Briana Williams will not go pro until she finishes high school, according to her coach Ato Boldon. Read More
Jamaica eye record haul as medal hunt continues today
TAMPERE, Finland — Jamaica are well positioned for a record medal haul at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships. Read More
Get on board
Travelling across Jamaica for national sporting bodies just got easier. The wheels for that movement turned on a deal for a 2018 Toyota Hi-Ace 16-seater bus (valued in excess of $8 million). Read More
Double gold Brianna
TAMPERE, Finland — A priceless sprint double from the incomparable Briana Williams in record time and a National Junior Record run for silver from the men's 4x100m team earned another two medals for Jamaica on yesterday's penultimate day of the IAAF World Under-20 Championship in... Read More
Photo: DOUBLE GOLD GIRL
GIRL Sixteen-year-old sprinter Briana Williams shows off her 100 and 200 metres gold medals after being victorious in the latter event at the IAAF World Under 20 Championship in Tampere, Finland yesterday. Read More
Briana Williams hunts 'rare' sprint double today
TAMPERE, Finland — Briana Williams, Jamaica's newest sprint sensation, will seek to become only the fourth woman and second Jamaican to win the sprint double at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships today when she lines up in the final of the 200m here at Tampere Stadium in... Read More
Shiann shines
TAMPERE, Finland — Jamaica's Shiann Salmon celebrates her 400m hurdles silver medal at the IAAF Under-20 World Championships in Tampere yesterday. Salmon completed the event in 56.11 seconds behind Zeney Van Der Walt of South Africa. 55.34.Third was Yasmin Giger of SUI. (Photo: Collin Reid... Read More
Taylor stunned!
TAMPERE, Finland — Jamaica won multiple medals in the men's 400m at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships for the first time ever as Christopher Taylor and Chantz Sawyers won silver and bronze, respectively, in the one-lap event on yesterday's fourth day of the 17th staging of the... Read More
Thrill of the jump
TAMPERE, Finland — Jeremy Delisser, coach of history making long jumper Wayne Pinnock, is hoping the athlete's achievement in winning the island's first ever medal in the horizontal jumps at an IAAF World Under-20 Championships can be the spark the discipline needs to be the next... Read More
PHOTO: Taylor stunned!
Jamaica's Christopher Taylor (left) and teammate Chantz Sawyers react at the end of the men's 400 metres final won by Belgium's Jonathon Sacoor in 45.03 secs. Taylor, who led for 350 metres, was second in 45.38secs, while Sawyers finished third in 45.89secs yesterday. (Photo: Collin Reid... Read More
Ato Boldon salutes brilliant Briana WIlliams
TAMPERE, Finland — Ato Boldon has praised his young protégé Briana Williams after her stunning win in the women's 100m at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships here yesterday, calling the 16-year-old “a winner and a championship performer”. Read More
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