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(BEIJING, August 20) — Melanie Walker of Jamaica set an Olympic record to win the Women’s 400m Hurdles, emerging victorious over pre-race favorite and rival Sheena Tosta of the United States at the National Stadium on Wednesday, August 20.
Walker, in her Olympic debut, crossed the line in 52.64 seconds to prove that it is not only the Jamaican men who can set Athletics records.
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(BEIJING, August 20) — Jamaican Usain Bolt set a new world record of 19.30 seconds in the Men’s 200m final to take the gold medal in this event on August 20 at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Bolt became the first man to win the 100 and 200 in the same Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984.
BEIJING –Melaine Walker, Brigitte Foster-Hylton and Delloreen Ennis-London advanced to medal rounds while Olympic champion Usain Bolt and Christopher Williams moved a step closer towards 200m glory as action continued at the games of the 29th Olympiad.
In the women’s 400m hurdles, Walker behind two comfortable runs so far, booked her place in the medal round with 54.20 seconds to win her semi-final heat yesterday.
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JAMAICANS CELEBRATED for the second night in a row at the Beijing National Stadium when little-known Shelly-Ann Fraser, a fun-loving 21-year-old from the Waterhouse community in St Andrew, led a historic sweep of the medals in the women’s 100 metres final.
A day after Usain Bolt had captured the country’s first Olympic 100m gold, the women made the ultimate statement that Jamaica was a top-level sprinting nation.
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World Youth triple medallist Nickel Ash-meade and Nikita Tracey will try to improve on Jamaica’s medal tally on today’s fourth day of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships.
After three days, Jamaica’s only medal is the 100 metres gold won by Dexter Lee.
Ashmeade, who won silver in the 100m and bronze medals in the 200m and medley relay at last year’s World Youth Championships, is in the 200m final. Edwin Allen High sixth former Tracey will run in the 400m hurdles final.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The men’s 100-metre final at this weekend’s Jamaica National Athletics Championships is set to draw the attention of the track & field world. Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man at 9.72 seconds, and Asafa Powell, the former world 100-metre record holder at 9.74 seconds, will battle for the right to be called national 100 metres champion. Both sprinters have seven of the fastest times ever produced in the history of the event, Bolt (9.72, 9.76) and Powell (9.74, 9.77 three times and 9.78).
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One of the most eagerly anticipated sprint showdowns in local track and field history takes place this weekend, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
The men’s 100-metre dash is the blue riband event at the SAGICOR National Open Track and Field Championships, and local star Darrel Brown is the reigning champion.
Richard Thompson, Marc Burns and Aaron Armstrong are all gunning for Brown’s crown.
The SAGICOR century will have added flavour in 2008 with the inclusion of Brown’s UTech/MVP Track Club training partner Asafa Powell, the second fastest human being in history.
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FOOTBALL-W/CUP-Simoes off to see Canada against SVG
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 20, CMC - Jamaica’s head coach Rene Simoes is in Montreal to watch Friday night’s second-leg CONCACAF World Cup qualifier between Canada and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).
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