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Twenty-three-year-old Leford Green won the men’s 400m hurdles for Jamaica in a new Games record 48.47 secs ahead of Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson (48.58) and fellow Jamaican countryman Roxroy Cato (49.62).
In the women’s 200m, Cayman Islands’ veteran Cydonie Mothersill emerged winner in 22.91, after lowering the 22.76 Games record to 22.69 in her semi-final earlier in the day. Puerto Rico’s Carol Rodriguez was second in 23.37. (Read more)
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 | Why So Surprised Over Blake's Run? While the world and his wife are freaking out over Yohan Blake race against Tyson Gay, Caribbean TrackLife isn’t surprised; it has been a long time coming. Check his track record.
We always believed that as a Class 1 sprinter in high school, there was just something about him that told us where he was headed once he stayed healthy. That “something” was revealed to us when we interviewed him. It was as combination of fire, hunger and determination. (Read more)
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 | Debbie Dunn Training With Conviction
Born in Jamaica West Indies, Debbie Dunn moved to Maryland in the US at age 13, where former Norfolk State University (NSU) coach LaVerne Sweat discovered her.
At 32, she’s experiencing a breakthrough season. Last month at the US track and field championships, she devoured the 400m in 49.64 secs, a personal best and the fastest time in the world this year. (Read her story)
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'Jamaica Doesn't Replace Its Sprinters; It Reloads Them'  Blake's 200m Time 3rd on Caribbean List
Yohan Blake became only the 2nd Jamaican to run below 19.8 secs in the 200m, joining Usain Bolt and pushing the legendary Donald Quarrie down to 3rd with the 19.86 mark he set more that two decades ago.
The 20-year-old-Blake’s remarkable run came in the 2010 IAAF Diamond League track and field meet held in Monaco, France on July 22.
Three points made this race so challenging: Blake was literally left in the blocks in the set position at the sound of the starter’s gun; he was running in his first 200m event of the season; and he ran out of Lane 8. (Read more) |
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Gordon Takes WJ Gold
as Family Faces Adversity
T&T’s track star Jehue Gordon, 18, captured gold at the World Junior Championships in Canada Friday night, July 23, winning the 400m hurdles with a time of 49.3 secs and beating closest rival, Japanese Takatoshi Abe. But as his son was trying to reach the finals, Dad Vincent Gordon was appealing for help to rebuild the family home, which was damaged by landslide two years ago. (Read more)
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Gatlin Faces New Obstacles as Suspension Ends
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What's Behind Oshane Bailey's Improvement on The Track
Twenty-year-old Oshane Bailey is Jamaica’s 2010 national 100m champion. In acquiring this title, Bailey beat a quality field at the island’s senior trials in June. Missing from that lineup were three big names: Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake; however, Bailey defeated Michael Frater and Lerone Clarke, two of Jamaica’s top seniors, to introduced himself as someone to be noticed at that level, by clocking a lifetime best of 10.14. Yesterday at the NACAC Under 23 Championships in Florida, the young sprinter shaved that personal best to 10.11. Is Oshane Bailey set to take his game to the next level and become a world-class athlete?
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to find out what’s behind his improvement since he left high school last year.
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