(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 –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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Grenada’s two main political parties are hopeful that the majority of the more than 80 thousand registered voters will favour them to form the country’s next government, when they go to the polls on Tuesday. Electoral officials are hoping for a significant turnout in Tuesday’s elections
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A Jamaican national, who United States authorities said committed one of the most heinous crimes in recent history, has been captured by authorities in his home country. The US Marshals Department of Justice website revealed that David James Clarke, 26, who was in April added to their ‘15 Most Wanted Fugitive’ list for his alleged participation in the June 2007 murders of a young South Florida couple, was held on Wednesday. He is being kept at a high-security facility in Kingston until his extradition to face first-degree murder charges.
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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).

NEW YORK, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says the Second Annual Conference on the Caribbean will open up doors for further dialogue and concrete initiatives, spurring regional economic growth. In delivering the keynote address Thursday at the launch of ‘The New York Conference on the Caribbean Community: A 20/20 Vision Continued’, the Antiguan leader said “the moment is opportune” for the region to engage in this “interface with existing and prospective investment and trade partners”.
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