Articles Tagged “Caribbean Olympians”
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VIDEO: Usain Bolt wins third Laureus award. Full list inside…
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has been named sportsman of the year at the prestigious Laureus Sports Awards, officials announced Monday night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Usain Bolt has won his third Laureus Award after another dominant Olympic performance on the track at London, winning the gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay.Another, Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, [...]
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Jamaican Stars Bolt, Blake and Fraser-Pryce Among Nominees For top IAAF Awards
Individual Olympic gold medalists Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce,as well as relay gold medalist Yohan Blake, have been listed among the finalists for the IAAF male and female Athlete of the Year to be named next month. Bolt, who retained his double sprint titles in London while lowering his own Olympic record in the 100m [...]
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T&T 2012 Olympians to each receive $300K from Gov’t
Members of Trinidad and Tobago’s 4x100m and 4x400m Relay Team are to receive $300,000 each from Government for their efforts at the London 2012 Olympics. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar made the announcement at a reception held in honour of the 2012 national Olympic team on Thursday night. Both teams added Bronze medals to the country’s overall [...]
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Olympic Gold Medalist Keshorn Walcott receives keys to the city in S’do!
Hundreds turned out to see Olympic gold medalist Keshorn Walcott at City Hall, San Fernando, when he was recently presented with the key to the city by Mayor Dr. Navi Muradali. Police escorts, Ministry of Sports vehicles, music trucks, moko jumbies and a steelband ushered Walcott and fellow Olympians Machel Cedenio, Roger Daniel, Andrew Lewis, [...]
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LIAT might name Aircraft after Grenada’s Kirani James
It is possible that LIAT will be naming one of its planes after Kirani James, in honor of the young man who made his country and the Caribbean proud. This was a move proposed by Antigua’s Prime Minister, Baldwin Spencer, after the young Grenadian lad gave the spice isle their first gold medal. Spencer made [...]
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T&T’s Olympic Gold medalist, Keshorn Walcott to recieve cash, house, land + more. (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
Monday August 13th was a national holiday in Trinidad and Tobago, in honor of their Olympic gold medalist Keshorn Walcott and fellow Olympians’ return home. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and thousands of locals, dressed in the national colors of red, black and white awaited the hero’s return at Trinidad’s Piarco International Airport. The 19-year-old javelin [...]
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SHEMMY’S LIST: This week… 5 of the Best Caribbean Olympic Moments
Shemmy here!!! Olympic Fever, more specifically Track & Field Fever has had me on the edge of my seat! I am proud to be Caribbean and I am very proud of all our athletes who are doing their best and excelling in their events. So….I decided to dedicate my list this week to our Olympians [...]
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CONGRATS: Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce Won Olympic GOLD in 100m + more Jamaican athletes inside…
photo source Jamaica’s Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce has won the nation’s first gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics. The ‘Pocket Rocket’ clocked 10.75 to defend her Beijing title and made history by becoming the first non-American to retain the 100m Olympic crown in successive Olympics. American Carmelita Jeter who made her Olympic debut at yesterday’s [...]
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Have you met the T&T 2012 London Olympics contingent? All athletes inside…
Trinidad and Tobago will take their largest contingent to an Olympic Games when a team of 31 heads to London 2012 next month for the Games of the 30th Olympiad. The last contingent in Beijing 2008 was 30. And with 26 track and field athletes, as well as competitors in the disciplines of boxing, cycling, [...]
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Jamaican Trio listed in TIME Magazine’s 50 Olympic Athletes To Watch
The London Summer Olympics are just around the corner and TIME magazine has released their list of the 50 Olympic athletes to watch at these games. Guess who made the cut? Not one, not two but three Jamaican track and field athletes are in the top 6 athletes to look out for at the summer [...]
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Blake is giving Bolt a RUN for his money! Will it be Bolt or Blake at London Olympics 2012?
Last Sunday in a spectacular display of determination and power, Yohan Blake shocked his track nemesis and fellow countryman, Usain Bolt, and his fans for the second time in three days at the Jamaican Olympic Athletics Trials. After last Friday’s win, Blake has established himself as the man to look out for in the 100m [...]
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