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The Winning Season – Elaine is the TRACK AND FIELD NEWS Athlete of the Year
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah has been selected as the Female Athlete of the Year for 2021 by no less than the respected US publication TRACK AND...
The Winning Year – Elaine Thompson-Herah – Female World Athlete of the Year
Elaine Thompson-Herah is the Female World Athlete of the Year. Thompson-Herah, who repeated her 2016 Olympic sprint double this year in Tokyo, was...
Is it – Third Time’s the Charm for Elaine?
Elaine Thompson-Herah is a finalist in balloting for the Female World Athlete of the Year Award for the third time in her career. Thompson-Herah,...
Elaine Completes the Set
Thanks to Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaicans now own all of the 100 and 200 metres records at the renowned Zurich Weltklasse meet. Thompson-Herah...
30th Anniversary of a Relay First
Jamaica has a proud record in the 4x100 metres relay, with gold medals galore won by both our men and women. Dahlia Duhaney, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn,...
Elaine on the Double
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah made history on Tuesday, August 03 at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan with an eye-popping 200 metres...
First Day Fun Facts – The Women’s 100
The Olympic track and field programme begins today and on the schedule is the first round of an event in which most pundits expect a Jamaican...
New Generation – Sprinter Ackeem Blake Is Learning
Newcomer Ackeem Blake topped the 200 metres at last Saturday's JAAA Qualification Series meet at the National Stadium with a personal best of 20.97...
New Generation: Meet Kemba Nelson
Jamaica has been producing top sprinters for generations and Kemba Nelson could be next. She zoomed into the spotlight at the recent NCAA Indoor...
Well Done, Elaine!
A fine season by Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah has gotten the acclaim it deserves, with her selection to the top five nominees for the prestigious...
4 Gold Medals for Jamaica’s Women in Tokyo
At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, Jamaica's women contributed massively to a brilliant team performance. Thanks to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce,...
Tissanna Hickling
When Tissanna Hickling long jumped 6.82 metres last year, the GC Foster College student-athlete matched the longest mark by a Jamaican since 2006....
TRECIA Jumps Into History
Like Deon Hemmings on the track, triple jumper Trecia-Kaye Smith holds a unique place in Jamaica's athletics history. On August 7, 2005 at the World...
Deon on Top in Atlanta
Pioneers like Cynthia Thompson, Una Morris and Rosie Allwood paved the way for a new generation led by Merlene Ottey to win track and field medals...
First Big Win for Little VC
The glittering track and field career of Veronica Campbell-Brown, CD, has been filled with consistent success. With two individual wins a piece at...
Campbell Brown ‘humbled’ by statue unveiled in her honour
LOOP SPORTS Sprinting great, Veronica Campbell Brown, on Sunday became the latest Jamaican track and field star to have a statue unveiled in her...