Usain Bolt takes gold – Team Jamaica – 2015 IAAF World Championships day 2 – afternoon session
The second part of day two in Beijing Began with the men’s hammer throw final in which Pawel Fajdek of Poland won gold as no Jamaicans competed. The next event, the men’s 400m hurdles semi-final, featured Jamaicans Annsert Whyte and Leford Green who were, however, unable to reach the final round after falling short in […]
Hotel Worker in Havana Knows Why Jamaican Athletes Run So Fast
While top Jamaica’s runners like Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown have attributed their speed to the fact that they eat lots of yams, Jorge Vasquez, a waiter at the Copacabana Hotel in Miramar, Cuba, has another idea. Vasquez believes Jamaicans can run so fast because they drink a mixture of coconut water and Jamaican rum. […]
American Athlete to Compete for Jamaica at World Championships
Aisha Praught first learned her steeplechase skills at the Oregon Track Club. She became well-known as a track star in both high school and college, but in spite of her ties to the United States, Praught will be representing Jamaica in the World Championships in Beijing, China, August 22 through 30, 2015. She made her […]
Golden Goal for Reggae Boyz : Jamaica Over Canada At CONCACAF Match
Jamaica defeated Canada with a score of 1 to 0 in a group stage match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Two minutes into stoppage, Rodolph Austin scored following a sequence beginning with Jamaica playing the ball out to the right wing. Winfried Schaefer, Jamaican technical director, said it was the great spirit of the team […]
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, delivered the keynote address at the 2015 Jamaica Diaspora Conference Opening Reception – Montego Bay, Jamaica
The 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference 2015 opening ceremonies was held on June 14, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel, Montego Bay, Jamaica. Montego Bay Mayor, Glendon Harris, welcomed the conference delegates to the city with the call to “Unite for growth and prosperity”. Mr Harris closed his speech with the call to action for every […]
Jamaica Sports News: May 23rd – 29th, 2015
BOLT WINS IN OSTRAVA—05/26/15 Olympic champion Usain Bolt won the 200-meter competition in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, in spite of rain and cold conditions. He ran the distance at the Golden Spike meet in 20.13 seconds. Bolt will not move on to the Diamond League competitions in New York and Paris. LOCAL OFFICIALS QUIET ON INDICTMENT OF […]
Team Jamaica plays lawn bowls in the Heathfield Gala Day
Team Jamaica played in only their second event since playing at the commonwealth games green in Glasgow last year. This year Jamaica entered the annual Heathfield Bowls Club Gala Day. Placed in a group of 12 teams each team plays 5 matches of 6 ends each with the overall highest scoring team going to the […]
Jamaica Sports News: May 16th – 22nd, 2015
JAMAICA TAKES SECOND AND THIRD IN 200 METERS IN SHANGHAI—05/17/15 At the Shanghai Diamond League meet, Jamaican runners took the second, third and fourth place spots in the 200-meter competition. Julian Forte, 21, took second place with a time of 20:39 seconds, while Nickel Ashmeade took third with 20:44 seconds. WEST INDIES WOMEN BEAT SRI […]
Jamaica Sports News: May 9th – 15th, 2015
POWELL RUNS FASTEST TIME IN 100 METERS FOR 2015—05/09/15 Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter, ran the fastest 100-meter race in the world for 2015 at the Jamaica International Invitational. Powell clocked 9.84 seconds, beating Ryan Bailey of the United States and Nesta Carter, also of Jamaica. This was the best time over this distance for Powell […]
Usain Bolt to run at Memorial Van Damme meet in Brussels for the seventh time
Usain Bolt has announced that he will run at the season-ending Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meeting on September 11th, 2015. It will be Bolt’s seventh appearance at the Brussels Diamond League meeting, where he has won five times. Bolt, the world-record holder in the 100 and 200 meters, will decided after the World Championships […]