by Desmond G. Palmer, posted on July 27, 2010 3:22 AM
While the world and his wife are freaking out over Yohan Blake’s race against Tyson Gay,
Caribbean TrackLife
isn’t the least bit surprised; it has been a long time coming. Check his track record. Full Story »
by Desmond G. Palmer, posted on April 23, 2010 4:40 PM
Once again, Caribbean track and field powerhouse Jamaica dominated the 2010 CARIFTA Games held in the Cayman Islands, April 3 to 5. Significant about Jamaica’s win though, was not that they hauled 72 medals (37 gold, 22 silver and 13 bronze), since frankly, the island’s performance is now a habit (26 years in a row), but that 22 of those medals were won for field events and 11 of the 22 were gold. This signals that the country needs to be broadening its horizon to seriously focus on the non-traditionals (field events and long distance races) that are treated like poor relatives while there’s a tendency to flock to the sprints that get all the glory. Full Story »
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