Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals and his perfect triple treble of Games’ sprint victories after team mate Nesta Carter was found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Carter was found in re-tests of his sample to have taken the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday, meaning Jamaica’s 4×100 metres relay team must give back their gold medals. Bolt is considered the greatest sprinter of all time, having won an unprecedented treble of consecutive golds in the 100m, 200m and 4×100 relay in three straight Olympics. He is also credited with being a key factor in maintaining a global interest in athletics at a time when the sport has been ravaged by doping scandals and a drop in popularity. Source: Reuters Click to read more.
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Team Jamaica takes on the world in Rio for a second time in just under a month. This time the country’s standard-bearers in the paralympics will showcase the captivating and attention grabbing Black, Green and Gold in events at the 15th Summer Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil from September 7-18. The team of three competitors comprising Alphanso Cunningham, Shane Hudson and Dana-Gaye Weller will no doubt be motivated by the amazing performances of the Jamaican contingent to the Games of the 31st Olympiad. They will want to leave several marks of their own despite the small numbers. The prospect of having the melodic Jamaican National Anthem played is added motivation. They would have heard it played on six occasions in Rio mainly through the incredible exploits of incomparable Usain Bolt and the newly crowned sprint queen Elaine Thompson. Jamaica’s Paralympics poster-boy Alphanso Cunningham makes his 4thconsecutive Olympic team. The much-decorated Cunningham who is called the ‘Ambassador’ is a two time Gold medalist having won the F53 Discus in Athens in 2004 and the F52/53 Javelin eight years later at the London Games. He will compete in the F53 Javelin and Shot Put events in Rio. […]
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Photo by Aurelien Meunier Alia Atkinson has tied the World Record in the 100 short course meters breaststroke on day 1 of the 2016 FINA World Cup’s opening stop in Chartres, France. Atkinson swam a 1:02.36 on Friday morning in the 25 meter pool, matching the swims done by both herself at the Doha World Cup stop in 2014; and Ruta Meilutyte‘s swim from the 2013 World Cup stop in 2013. Unfortunately for Atkinson, the $10,000 prize available for World Records isn’t handed out if the record is tied – which she’s now fallen victim to twice in her career. Read more SwimSwam
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