Sports Illustrated Features Jamaican Olympian Marilyn Neufville, 1970’s World Record Holder
Sports Illustrated magazine is running a feature story on Jamaican Marilyn Neufville who set the world record in the 400-meter dash in 1970 at the age of 17 and in 1976 in Montreal became the first female track-and-field Olympian from the University of California Berkeley. She is the only Jamaican woman to set an outdoor […]
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah Leads Sweep in Olympic Women’s 100m
On Saturday in Tokyo Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah clocked 10.61 sec in the women’s 100 meters final, successfully defended her crown and breaking Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record. Thompson-Herah led Team Jamaican in a clean sweep of the medals women’s 100 meters final, with two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking silver in 10.74 sec and […]
