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Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Profile and Schedule of Yohan Blake, 100m 200 metres sprinter

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Excerpt from Wikipedia Yohan Blake (born December 26, 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He is the currentworld champion over 100 m. Blake's 100 m personal best of 9.75 seconds makes him the fourth fastest man ever, after Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell. His personal best for the 200 m (19.26 seconds) is the second fastest ever after Bolt.[1] He holds the … Continue reading Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Profile and Schedule of Yohan Blake, 100m 200 metres sprinter

Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Profile and Schedule of Asafa Powell, 100m metres sprinter

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Excerpt from Wikipedia Asafa Powell CD (born 23 November 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 m world recordbetween June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of 9.72 s being the fifth fastest time in the history of the event.[1] As … Continue reading Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Profile and Schedule of Asafa Powell, 100m metres sprinter

Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Profile and Schedule of Usain Bolt, 100m 200 metres sprinter

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Excerpt from Wikipedia The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. ( /ˈjuːseɪn/;[8] born 21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and (along with his teammates) the 4×100 metres relay. He is the reigning Olympic champion in these three events, and is one of only seven athletes to win world championships … Continue reading Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Profile and Schedule of Usain Bolt, 100m 200 metres sprinter

Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: 100m Gold for Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce, Bronze for Campbell-brown, Jeter gets Silver

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By: Denise N. Fyffe. Copyright © 2012, Poetess Defy, Denise N. Fyffe It is gold for Jamaica. Jamaica has dominated the women's 100 metres London 2012 Olympic finals, again. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 10.75 was on a mission for gold at the XXX Olympiad and Veronica Campbell-Brown 10.81 claimed the bronze. London was alive with jubilation long before the … Continue reading Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: 100m Gold for Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce, Bronze for Campbell-brown, Jeter gets Silver

Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Video, 100 metres heats for Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake

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  By: Denise N. Fyffe. Copyright © 2012, Poetess Defy, Denise N. Fyffe Usain Bolt in Heat 4 of 100 metres preliminaries:     Asafa Powell and Grenada's Paul Williams in Heat 5 of 100m preliminaries:     Yohan Blake in Heat 6 of 100 metres preliminaries: Related articles Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Saturday, August 4 2012 Track and Field … Continue reading Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Video, 100 metres heats for Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake

Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Video, Veronica Campbell-Brown Interview

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By: Denise N. Fyffe. Copyright © 2012, Poetess Defy, Denise N. Fyffe Veronica Campbell-brown is one of Jamaica's indomitable athletes and has been representing the country, successfully, since the last decade. Listen and watch the interview below, where she talks about her London 2012 Olympics preparation, her rivals, Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake as well as her performance over the … Continue reading Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Video, Veronica Campbell-Brown Interview

St Kitts / Nevis and The London 2012 Olympics: Kim Collins breaking all the rules, cut from 100 metres

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  By: Denise N. Fyffe. Copyright © 2012, Poetess Defy, Denise N. Fyffe St. Kitts and Nevis seems to be having no end of bad luck at the London 2012 Olympics. Several days ago a female sprinter Tameka Williams was sent home after admitting to her coach and officials that she had taken a banned substance. The St.Kitts and Nevis Athletics … Continue reading St Kitts / Nevis and The London 2012 Olympics: Kim Collins breaking all the rules, cut from 100 metres

5 Ways Jamaicans can bypass CVMTV and Watch the London 2012 Olympics

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Posted by Ingrid Riley This Olympics Games 2012 in London, is NOT the time to mess with a Jamaican’s television or Twitter feed. We have great expectations from our fantastic athletes in this our Jamaica 50 celebrations. So we are glued to the Olympics Games on television at home, work, bars, restaurants…everywhere, for the live action … Continue reading 5 Ways Jamaicans can bypass CVMTV and Watch the London 2012 Olympics

Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Profile and Schedule of Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, 100 metres sprinter

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  By: Denise N. Fyffe. Copyright © 2012, Poetess Defy, Denise N. Fyffe Shelly Ann-Fraser Pryce will be competing in the 100m at the London 2012 Olympics, on day one of Track and Field events. Fraser-Pryce is Jamaica's National champion at 100 metres and 200 metres. She beat out Veronica Campbell-Brown, Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson. … Continue reading Jamaica and The London 2012 Olympics: Profile and Schedule of Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, 100 metres sprinter