Veronica Campbell-Brown, the queen of Jamaican sprinting, recently announced on Irie Jam Radio that she will return to the adidas Grand Prix in NYC on May 25 to run her specialty, the 200 meters. One of the premier track-and-field events in the world, the adidas Grand Prix will kick off the summer on May 25 [...]
No rest for our wickedly talented Caribbean track and field athletes, as they all gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland for the 11th meeting series of the Samsung Diamond League. On Wednesday, August 23, 2012, just a few days after the London Olympics 2012, Olympic 100m silver medalist, Yohan Blake won the 100m race by beating his [...]
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 [...]
Track and Field is definitely a Caribbean thing! Caribbean athletes, both male and female, have dominated the London 2012 Olympics in Track and Field races garnering four gold, three silver and three bronze medals, after 19 of 47 events in the sport. On Monday, Kirani James got Grenada’s first-ever Olympic gold by winning the 400 metres; [...]
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 [...]