When Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce crossed the finish line in the 100 metres at last week’s London Diamond League, she added another milestone to her extensive portfolio of achievements. With the clock showing 10.78 seconds, Fraser Pryce had recorded her...
By his own account, table tennis ace Simon Tomlinson had a difficult time extending his run of Jamaican men’s singles titles to four last month. An evolution of his fast topspin attacking game helped him survive tough challenges at the 2019...
Speed queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce may have the best training partner in the world in her MVP Track Club teammate Elaine Thompson and she knows it. Speaking in Switzerland ahead of her impressive 100m Diamond League showing in Lausanne on Friday,...
“I always believed in myself, so I just went out there with the intention that I have to give everything, just get going from the start and see what happens towards the finish.” Those are the words of 19-year-old Orlando Bennett, who hurdled his...
When the World Championships begin on July 12, Alia Atkinson will be ready. That’s the indication from Atkinson herself during swim clinics in Jamaica this week. Atkinson, the first black woman to win a world title, will go hunting for more in...
Yohan Blake’s controlled performance in the final of the 100 metres at the Supreme Ventures/Jamaica Athletics Administartive Association (JAAA) National Senior Championships has made former world 200m champion Ato Boldon believe that the Jamaican...
Elaine Thompson and Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce are so evenly matched no one is sure who will win when next they race. That includes 1997 World 200 metres champion Ato Boldon, who has seen a lifetime of big sprint races. Speaking at the National...
Coach Kerry-Lee Ricketts thinks his wife Shanieka can be on the podium when the triple jump competition ends at the World Championships later this season. The key is a technical improvement that could get her past 15 metres. The coach believes that...
A year ago, the home-trained pair of Ronald Levy and Janieve Russell won two of the four hurdling gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. Unknown to many, the other two hurdles champions at that Games also had Jamaican coaches. One of them is Lacena...
In the 40 years since the high school girls shot put was first contested at the world-renowned Penn Relays, only two Jamaican throwers had ever won the event. That changed on Friday as Danielle Sloley of Immaculate Conception High braved cold...
Hydel High School head coach Corey Bennett hopes his team can hold its top-three position when the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships begins on Tuesday at the National Stadium. Speaking earlier this month, Bennett said holding that...
Elaine Thompson will win the women’s 100 metres title at the 2019 IAAF World Championships. That’s the golden centrepiece of a possible eight-medal haul predicted this week by the respected US publication Track and Field News. Thompson, reigning...
