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TokyoGoldRush | Jamaica’s Women’s 100m…

Source: Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica took its first medals in the Tokyo Olympic Games in a sweep of the Women's 100m final on Saturday. Elaine Thompson Herah won the event in an Olympic record of 10.61…

Athletics : Team Jamaica (Nelson King)

Reigning world champions Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Tajay Gayle are among the athletes selected for Jamaica’s team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, according to worldthletics.org. It said Fraser-Pryce…

Athletics : Olympics Updates: Coronavirus Cases…

New York Times The opening ceremony is Friday, but a cluster of positive test results, including one from an alternate on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, threaten to dampen the festivities. The…

OECS Shines at NACAC U23 Champs

Article by OECS Sports Contributor Terry Finisterre Wednesday, July 14, 2021 — Five teams from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) competed at the North, Central America and Caribbean…

Olympics to ban spectators as Tokyo declares…

Reuters Olympic organizers are set to ban all spectators from the Games, the Asahi daily said on Thursday, as Japan declared a coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo that will run through its…

Minister Evelyn Congratulates Leroy Chapman

Minister of Sports on Nevis, Hon. Eric Evelyn has offered congratulations to Leroy Chapman of Nevis, on his selection to St. Kitts and Nevis team that will represent the federation at North America,…

Athletics : Clarke to represent federation at…

Associates Times Saint Kitts and Nevis: Two St Kitts and Nevis athletes have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020, Jason Rogers and Amya Clarke. They both would represent St. Kitts and Nevis in the…

The Tokyo Olympics

Athletics The Tokyo Olympics are set to kick off on July 23, one year after they were delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. These summer games will have six new sports, proposed by the Tokyo organizers…

Athletics : Canada names 57-strong team for Tokyo…

World medalists Andre De Grasse and Damian Warner are among the 57 athletes selected for Canada’s team for the Tokyo Olympic Games. De Grasse claimed three of Canada’s six medals at the Rio Games in…

Athletics : Wonder Woman! Refreshed Shelly…

Jamaica Observer Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce threw down the gauntlet to all comers at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games when she established a lifetime best 21.79 seconds to win the 200m final and wrap up…

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson fails…

Andre Lowe/Sports Editor Source: Jamaica Gleaner American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson looks set to miss the Olympic Games after her US Olympic Trials performance was disqualified because she tested…