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Committee member Carlene Edwards encouraged by FIFA experience
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...72 specialised vehicles arrive in Montego Bay
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LSU’s Forbes, Goule star on Day Three
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LSU’s Forbes, Goule star on Day Three
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 23, 2013
PERSONAL bests and 'A' qualifying standards for the IAAF World Championships by long jumper Damar Forbes and 800m runner Natoya Goule, both representi...
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Randall wants chance to make ‘B’ standard at CAC Games
Paul Reid 
June 23, 2013
AFTER an injury interrupted the start to her 2013 season, two-time national discus throw champion Allison Randall is hoping she will get the chance to...
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Green looking to grow from strength to strength
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
June 23, 2013
LEFORD Green will get the chance to improve on his seventh place finish in the men's 400m hurdles at last year's Olympic Games in London after securin...
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Weir, Fraser-Pryce win 200m in impressive style
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Weir, Fraser-Pryce win 200m in impressive style
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 23, 2013
Personal Best SPREADING his arms wide as he neared the finish line, Warren Weir's posture said it all. But he voiced it after his spectacular new pers...
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Intercol move to raise profile of non-traditional sports
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Intercol move to raise profile of non-traditional sports
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
June 23, 2013
JAMAICA'S team to the World University Games (WUG) next month is solely track and field-based, but the local intercollegiate sporting body is determin...
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Parchment suffers strained ankle
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Parchment suffers strained ankle
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 23, 2013
THE good news for 110m hurdles national record holder Hansle Parchment is that there are no broken bones or ligament damage coming out of his accident...
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Gay cops sprint double at US Championships
June 23, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa (AFP) — Tyson Gay flew to the year's fastest 200m of 19.74 seconds at the US athletics championships yesterday to set himself up for ...
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Delano Williams to run for Great Britain
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Delano Williams to run for Great Britain
June 23, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Outstanding schoolboy sprinter Delano Williams has transferred his allegiance from the Turks and Caicos to Great Britain. The 200 ...
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Rollins scorches field in 100m hurdles
June 23, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa (AFP) — Brianna Rollins served notice she is a force to be reckoned with by matching the fourth-fastest 100m hurdles time in history ...
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I pray for Kirani in the midst of VCB’s plight
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I pray for Kirani in the midst of VCB’s plight
Arley Gill 
June 22, 2013
The Point Is... VERONICA Campbell Brown, the Jamaican athlete who won Olympic gold medals at the 2004 Games in Athens and at Beijing in 2008, could fa...
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Is Usain Bolt past his best?
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Is Usain Bolt past his best?
June 22, 2013
A Dat Wi Seh logo The performance of Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt in recent weeks has fueled speculation that he is past his best, a view also...
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Mission accomplished, says Bailey-Cole
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Mission accomplished, says Bailey-Cole
Paul Reid 
June 22, 2013
FIFTEEN minutes after placing second in the men's 100m at the JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Senior Championships at the National Stadium on Friday ni...
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Athletes make final push for Moscow
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
June 22, 2013
A number of Jamaican athletes will be facing decisive moments on this afternoon's final day of the four-day JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Senior Cham...
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Bolt, Stewart are sprint champs
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Bolt, Stewart are sprint champs
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 22, 2013
As Green, Tracey cop hurdles titles SPRINT King Usain Bolt and the experienced Kerron Stewart ran away from quality fields on Friday night to win the ...
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Whyte elated at progress in 400m
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Whyte elated at progress in 400m
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
June 22, 2013
ANNSERT Whyte was beaming from ear to ear after his second-place finish in the men's 400m hurdles final at the JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Senior T...
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Asafa: ‘I wasn’t race fit’
Athletics, Sports
Asafa: ‘I wasn’t race fit’
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
June 22, 2013
AFTER the latest in a series of setbacks in his career as one of the best sprinters to have never won a major title, former world record-holder Asafa ...
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Downsized Intercol team targets record medal haul
Athletics, Sports
Downsized Intercol team targets record medal haul
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
June 21, 2013
DESPITE being forced to send a drastically diminished contingent to the 2013 World University Games, the Jamaica Inter-collegiate Sports Association h...
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Fraser Pryce to run the 100m in Paris
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Fraser Pryce to run the 100m in Paris
June 21, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) — Two times Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will compete at the Paris Diamond League on July 6. Fraser-Pryce wil...
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Men’s hurdles to highlight day three action at ‘Trials’
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Men’s hurdles to highlight day three action at ‘Trials’
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
June 21, 2013
The men's 110m hurdles one of the most competitive events at the JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Senior Championship will take the spotlight on today's...
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Gatlin says his victory over Bolt no fluke
June 21, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa (CMC) — Olympic bronze medallist Justin Gatlin has brushed aside suggestions that his 100 metres victory over world record holder Usa...
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PHOTOS: Bolt does just enough
Athletics, Sports
PHOTOS: Bolt does just enough
June 21, 2013
Asafa out of team 1. Olympic champion Usain Bolt (2nd left) cruises to victory in 9.94secs in the men's 100m final of the National Senior Trials at th...
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Parchment eyes sprint hurdles world record
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Parchment eyes sprint hurdles world record
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
June 20, 2013
JAMAICA'S 110-metre Olympic bronze medallist Hansle Parchment has the long-term ambition of gunning for American Aries Merritt's world record of 12.80...
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