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Athletics
Thompson pulls plug on 2018 season
Olympic sprint double champion Elaine Thompson has called it quits on her 2018 season, citing an injured Achilles tendon that has continued to affect her results. Read More
'Pocket Rocket' blasts off
Olympic Games and World Championships gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a season's best 10.98 seconds (0.1m/s) to win the women's 100m dash on yesterday's first day of the Muller Anniversary Games in London, the 11th stop on the IAAF Diamond League circuit as... Read More
Jamaican jurist Patrick Robinson appointed member of ICAS
Jamaican jurist Patrick Robinson has been appointed a member of the International Council for Arbitration in Sport (ICAS) for a four-year term which will begin on January 1, 2019. Read More
CEO Foster takes heart in many firsts at CAC Games
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia — Recapturing the moment Jamaica's flag was hoisted, signalling its participation in the 23rd Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games, CEO of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Ryan Foster says it signals the dawn of a new generation for sporting... Read More
Owayne Owens' ordeal
Two foul jumps and then 14.79m in the preliminaries of the men's triple jump by Jamaica's Owayne Owens at the recent IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, meant an early exit as he finished well down the ladder, far from the top 12 athletes that would... Read More
Yona couldn't beat the heat
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia — Yona Knight-Wisdom failed by a whisker to make it to the final of the men's one-metre springboard diving event at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games, as he finished ninth at the Aquatic Complex here on Thursday. Read More
Goule clocks national record 1:56.15 for 3rd in 800m
Jamaica's Commonwealth Games 800m bronze medallist Natoya Goule smashed her national record, clocking 1:56.15 minutes after finishing third at the Monaco Diamond League in France yesterday on a day when no Jamaican secured victory. Read More
Atkinson looks to conquer old stomping ground
BARRANQUILLA, Colombi (media house) — Alia Atkinson is back on familiar territory, looking to make the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games, yet again, a springboard for world-conquering performances. Read More
Miller-Uibo eyes 200m record, not so sure about 400m
Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo is of the belief that the women's 200m world record of 21.34 seconds is a more realistic target than the 400m mark of 47.60 established decades ago. Read More
'Briana chose Jamaica ahead of the US,' says mother
TAMPERE, Finland — The decision for newly crowned IAAF World Under-20 women's sprint double champion Briana Williams to compete in the black, green and gold of Jamaica in international track and field competition, instead of United States where she was born, was made by the athlete... Read More
Chang strikes Gold!
TAMPERE, Finland — Julian Robinson, coach of newly minted IAAF World Under-20 discus throw champion Kai Chang, was as surprised as anyone that his charge took the gold medal in the final at Tampere Stadium in Finland yesterday. Read More
Jamaica add 3 medals to take tally to best-ever haul of 12
TAMPERE, Finland — Jamaica added three more medals on yesterday's final day of the IAAF World Under-20 Championships at Tampere Stadium to reach best-ever haul of 12 overall, including a record four gold medals to finish second on the medals table on another sun-drenched day in the... Read More
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
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