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July 4, 2012

PHOTO: Charity on track

Grace Silvera (left), regional vice-president of marketing and Yohan Blake’s YB Afraid Foundation head, Mellisa McIntosh (right), look on as Yohan Blake checks out the features of a new computer. When his telecoms sponsor LIME called to offer a congratulatory gift, 100m World Champion’s only request was for a desktop computer to be donated to his charity, the Mount Olivett Boys Home in Manchester. The speedster, the 100m and 200m National champion, was scheduled to leave the island yesterday for London.

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