Damion Thomas Jnr is very meticulous in his approach to life. The first time Olympian possesses all the attributes – discipline, technique, speed and mental fortitude – to succeed in his specialty event the 110m hurdles.
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Global sports brand PUMA is supplying the Jamaica, Cuba, Barbados, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Grenada and Switzerland Track & Field Teams with Federation Kits for Rio 2016. The kits are equipped with innovative features such as ACTV taping to which provides focused muscle support and energy return, bonded seams for ultimate comfort and are made from lightweight compression fabrics to allow for the ultimate performance. The kits are also reinforced with a 6-way stretch fine gauge warp knit fabric that assures targeted graduated advanced compression while assuring a full range of movement. The kits are designed with one goal in mind; to be forever faster. Photos and info via PUMA
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The video shows Bolt trying to out-race a new and very different competitor: fire. Along the way, he talks about how speed is his life and that he’s always run fast. We also see Bolt tooling around in his custom-made Nissan GT-R, painted in “Bolt Gold.” Finally, he gets in the block to race the flames. As he gets to the finish, Bolt says: “Rio. Wait for me.” “We wanted people to experience the inner strength of the most famous sprinter in history when posed with a challenge to reach even further,” said Ronaldo Znidarsis, vice president of marketing and sales for Nissan Brazil. Info via sportingnews.com Ad agencyLew’Lara\TBWA created the video.
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Yona Knight-Wisdom created history by becoming Jamaica’s first ever male Olympic diver at this year’s Games in Rio de Janeiro. Yona, who will compete for Jamaica in the men’s three metre springboard in Rio, has also graduated after studying for a BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science degree at Leeds Beckett. Yona, 21, took up the sport after being inspired watching the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and first represented Jamaica in 2012. He competed in the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona the following year and at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow before winning a silver medal at the Diving World Cup in Rio in February this year, confirming his Olympic selection. Yona, who was born in Leeds to a Jamaican father and Barbadian mother, is a sports scholar at Leeds Beckett and was able to complete his studies alongside his commitments as an elite athlete. He said: “I’ve really enjoyed my time studying at Leeds Beckett and have appreciated the support I’ve received which has allowed me to combine my studies with my sporting commitments.
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The Jamaica Olympics Association (JOA) will be sending 63 members of Team Jamaica to 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro August 5-21. Among these athletes are the 4 who applied for medical exemption Usain Bolt, Elaine Thompson, Janieve Russell and Hansle Parchment. ATHLETICS Women – 32 Elaine Thompson – 100m, 200m, 4X100m relay Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce – 100m, 4x100m relay Christania Williams – 100m, 4x100m relay Shashalee Forbes – 4X100m relay Simone Facey – 200m, 4x100m relay Veronica Campbell-Brown – 200m, 4x100m relay Kali Davis-White –-200m Stephanie McPherson – 400m, 4x400m relay Christine Day – 400m, 4x400m relay Shericka Jackson – 400m, 4x400m relay Novelene Williams-Mills – 4x400m relay Anneisha McClaughlin-Wilby – 4x400m relay Chrisann Gordon – 4x400m relay Natoya Goule – 800m Kenia Sinclair – 800m Simoya Campbell – 800m Aisha Praught – 1500m Megan Simmonds – 100m hurdles Shermaine Williams – 100m hurdles Nickeisha Wilson – 100m hurdles Monique Morgan – 100m hurdles Ristananna Tracey – 400m hurdles Leah Nugent – 400m hurdles Kaliese Spencer – 400m hurdles Janieve Russell – 400m hurdles Kimberly Williams – triple jump Shanecka Thomas – Triple jump Tarasue Barnett – Discus Shadae Lawrence- Discus Kellion Knibb – Discus Danniel […]
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The Reggae Girlz spent some time with International Football Streetstyle Champion Sean Garnier. Sean was on tour in Jamaica for the Red Bull Streetstyle Football Championship Qualifiers. The Girlz had a wonderful time with Sean and challenged him on his style. They put on a show for Sean and he was very impressed. Info and photos via Jamaica
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Toni-Ann Williams makes history as the first Jamaican gymnast to qualify for Olympics. With a strong performance Sunday at the Olympic test event, Cal gymnast Toni-Ann Williams qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Williams will be the first female gymnast to represent Jamaica at the Olympics. She finished 38th overall in the test event with a 52.931 total in the all-around. Her best score was a 14.066 on vault, which ranked 24th. She also finished in the top 35 on beam (13.666, 29th) and floor (13.366, 32nd). Williams earned an 11.833 on bars. “What an amazing accomplishment,” Cal and Jamaica head coach Justin Howell said in a news release. “It’s a little surreal at the moment, but we believed without a doubt that she would qualify.” Williams balanced her Olympic training with her responsibilities to Cal. The Randallstown, Md., native earned a pair of All-Pac-12 First Team honors, her second West Region Gymnast of the Year award and her fourth career Regular-Season All-America title. To compete at the Rio Olympic Test Event, she missed the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships. “The rigor of Cal prepares our student-athletes for excellence,” said Howell, who […]
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In arguably one of the most scintillating displays of sprinting at Jamaica’s storied National Stadium, the irrepressible Elaine Thompson underlined her status as one of the favourites to win the 100m title at the Rio Olympics later on this summer. Thompson who had scorched the track with a frighteningly easy-looking 10.85 to win her semi-final, returned approximately two hours later to demolish a very strong field on her way to winning the 100m title in a national record equaling and world leading 10.70 (0.3 m/s). Left toiling in her wake were the two time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce with a satisfying 10.93 (SB) and Jamaica’s newest member of the sub 11 club, Christania Williams 10.97. Thompson who celebrated her 24th birthday on June 28 is now the joint 4th fastest woman (tied with Fraser-Pryce) over the distance behind Florence Griffiths Joyner, Carmelita Jeter and Marion Jones. Many time national champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in a race eerily reminiscent of the 2008 Olympic Trials, got off to a horrible start and despite a gallant attempt was unable to reel in the fast starting trio of Thompson, Fraser-Pryce and the exciting Williams. Campbell-Brown finished 4th in 11.10, just ahead of Simone […]
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Jamaican swimmer Timothy Wynter has attained the Rio 2016 Olympics ‘B’ standard in the 100M backstroke at Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships (CISC) in Nassau, Bahamas. Wynter also set a new Jamaica national record of 56.15 after taking silver in Men’s 100M Backstroke. Photo by Michael Lyn
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“I have been knocking on this door ever since I left high school and it finally opened. I am obviously not far away from the qualifying mark so without a doubt one would automatically assume I have plans for Rio 2016. Well, I am here to confirm that assumption. I do have plans for Rio.” Those were the words of Clive Pullen, the Jamaican Triple Jumper after cutting the sand at a then personal best of 16.54m while competing at the Tyson Invitational on February 13, 2016. Wins at the 2016 SEC Indoor and NCAA Indoor Championships boosted his confidence and some two months later the former Kingston College standout improved his personal record to 16.78m. The automatic qualifying mark for Rio 2016 (16.85m) was well within his reach, a small matter of less than 10cm away. The University of Arkansas Junior knew there were technical and approach flaws to address and went back to the proverbial ‘drawing board’ with his coaches in preparation for the big NCAA Championships and more importantly his ‘Mission Rio’ dreams. He failed to create an impression in the sand at the NCAA Division One Track and Field Championships but was still confident […]
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