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Sports Update August 2010: Tyson Gaye beats Usain Bolt for the first time
Jamaican sports Update (8/28/09): One week after winning at the world Championship in Berlin, the Jamaican men's 4x100m relay team wins again in Zurich
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Usain Bolt had to come from behind and run down his friend, Wallace Spearmon, for the win and he did.
thus continues Jamaica's dominance in the 4x100 men's relay which actually began in Bejing last year...
enjoy the moment in the video above...
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Sports Update (8/22/09): Jamaica wins seven gold and three silver medals in Berlin!
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Thus far they have won: Gold in the men 100m & 200m sprints, the women 100m sprint, the 100m & 400m women hurdles, the 4x100m men and women sprint relays, and silver in the women 100m, 200m & 400m sprints.
Tomorrow they will close out with a run in the women 4x400m relay...and will be looking to add yet another medal.
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Jamaican sports is one of the the biggest thing "a yawd!"Football(soccer), Cricket, and track...you name it, we love them and we play them all the time!
This is how we enjoy ourselves and stay out of trouble.
I got to be honest with you, I don't know what it is but we have some a the "baddest" athletes 'pon the planet.
I don't know if it is the food or the genes!
I think its the genes...he, he!
Anyway, let me give you a little insight about our three top Jamaican sports...football, cricket, and track...
FootballIf you ever visit the island, you will find that football is played in every little corner of the island.
As soon as the sun cools, everyone comes out to the fields to enjoy themselves.
Not only that but, we have our annual local high school boys competition where all the rural high schools in the west compete against each other for supremacy.
At the same time, the city schools compete for eastern dominance.
At the end of the each season, the top rural school competes against the top city school for bragging rights as the top football school in the country.
This is a breeding ground for our local talents...and believe me we have many.
These same boys go on to play in the local leagues and in professional leagues around the world.
...yet with all this football,(soccer), we are still toiling to crack into the world's top 30 football nations.
We did it once when the reggaeboyz made it to the world cup in 1989.
Since then we have had no luck. However, with our players in professional leagues around the world, and a top notch coaching staff at our disposal, we continue to improve by the minute.
Our players are getting better and better as we speak and we are more more competitive as a team.
A couple of our better players are Ricardo fuller and Ricardo Gardner who ply their trade in the English premier league.
Cricket
Another favorite among Jamaican sports...
I played it and I can tell you that the only times I had fun was when I was batting or bowling...otherwise it was a long dragged out wait for my turn at the crease or a long day on the field.
There is still enough participation though to keep it going...and there is a lot of money in it if you are really good.
Recently we have been dominating in the regional Caribbean championship.
On the international seen, we play with a combined west Indian team against the likes of Australia, England, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, and South Africa...top cricketing nations of the world...and we've had our fair share of dominance.
Every year Jamaica contributes about two or three players to the West Indian team...and when we play we are always expected to do well.
Track and Field
Track and field is another Jamaican sport that is extremely popular.
For years we have enjoyed the excitement that this sport brings to the island.
Just about every body participates from as far back as primary school (grades 1 - 6).
Young people quickly find out how fast they are during these years by competing with each other in local in-school competitions.
In all of the schools there are track and field events where organized "houses" compete against each other for school supremecy.
The best individual athletes are then sent to represent their high school in the local Eastern or Western championships...and then the best of the best finally compete at the boys and girls champs at the national stadium in Kingston...the grand daddy of them all.
This is where you really find out how good you are and where you get seen.
People like Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Shelly-ann Fraser, Veronica campbell, Melaine Walker, Kerron Stewart, Shericka Williams, Brigette Foster-Hylton and Dwight Thomas , were discovered at these champs.
When a good athlete is found, he or she is quickly taken under the wings of world class coaches and nurtured for the future...
This has been the case with Jamaican sports for as long as I can remember.
Our exploits at the Olympics was long overdue. We always seem to excel at the smaller international championships, but fall short at the world championships and the Olympics.
So when we dominated last year, it was sweet victory.
Some even say that our athletes are not clean, but all you have to do is visit the island and follow the athletic program there and you will see that we have a structured program, our athletes are naturally talented, and they work really hard.
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Tyson Gay Beat Bolt For The Firtst Time
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Tyson Gay finally defeated Usain Bolt for the first time at the daimond league 2010.
...So, we now know that he (Bolt) is human!
Does this mean, the ...
Injury ousts Asafa from Stockholm clash
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THE mouthwatering men's 100 metres Diamond League showdown in Stockholm, Sweden tomorrow between the world's three fastest men took a nosedive yesterday ...
Usain Bolt wins Golden league 2010
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Though not in the best of shape just yet, Bolt blew away the field in 9.83 seconds. see it in the video below
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