Multi-award winning Jamaican sports media professional with years of international experience. Sports Editor. Father and massive Juventus fan! Views are my own
Jamaica’s dominance in the women’s 100m at the Olympics is mind-blowing. 10 of the 12 medals won since 2008 and every single gold since then have been won by Jamaicans. 16 of 30 medals since 1984 have also went to Jamaican women. DOMINATE
Wow! Oblique Seville drops a big 9.86 seconds personal best in the 100m at the Jubilee Series. That makes him the 6th fastest Jamaican in history. Feels he didn’t execute well and that there is more to come.
Elaine untouchable, Shelly still defying the odds, Shericka still learning the event… Briana in the wings, Ashanti, Kemba, Ackera, Kevona, Claytons to come!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩.
Jamaica’s female sprinting is looked damn good for years to come.
Jamaica secures another historic silver medal as Shanieka Ricketts finishes second in the Triple Jump.
No other Jamaican - male or female, had medaled in the event at the Olympic Games.
I can now CONFIRM that there has been NO protest filed against the Jamaicans in the women’s 4x100m
THE RESULT WILL STAND
I just received confirmation from the World Athletics delegate and a TIC official here. Sorry for the stress.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY JAMAICA!!
#Tokyo2020
41.02… Jamaica takes the women’s 4x100m in a national record. Elaine Thompson Herah gets her third gold medal of these Games, SFP her 8th overall. Briana’s gets her first taste. She’s the future. Shericka gets her redemption.
US sprint hurdler Brianna McNeal will have to serve a 5 year ban for “tampering or attempted tampering with any part of Doping Control” after a CAS ruling today. McNeal’s appeal was dismissed by the panel and all performances between 13/02/2020 and 14/08/2020 disqualified.
Elaine Thompson Herah is on a level never before witnessed in women sprinting. 10.54, 10.61, 10.64, 10.65, all in the same season! AMAZING! No woman has gone below 10.70 seconds more than she has… frightening to think that there’s perhaps more to come in the future.
10.78s for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who ends her season in style at the Bellinzona meet in Switzerland.
Amazingly, SFP has gone sub-11 seconds in 13 consecutive 100m races. The last time she ran 11.00 or slower was in May!
Another great season for the great sprinter ⭐️
Elaine Thompson Herah: “To come back with a PB after the championships is amazing. I haven't run that fast in 5 yrs.
It means a lot to me because my job is to inspire a generation. I have more races so I don't get too excited, too carried away. I have to continue doing the job.”
There isn’t a hurdler in Jamaica that I trust more than Hansle Parchment in a final. Once fit, this man will fight until the end to get on the podium. Big medal as well for Levy… he’s been through a lot as well. 🇯🇲
Derron Herah, the husband of Elaine Thompson Herah, is expected to take over coaching duties for the two-time double Olympic sprint champion after her intended split from MVP.
Derron is the male sprint coach at St Jago high and was a member of the Cameron Blazers setup.
Elaine Thompson Herah has removed the ‘unbreakable’ tag from Flo Jo’s women’s 100m world record (10.49 seconds). Now she has a great opportunity to lower the mark. This season!
Tajay Gayle: “This is what I work hard for, this is the Olympics. I knew I only needed one jump to get on the podium and Jamaica needed me. I will be fine, there is no need to worry.”
Christopher Taylor is fine. He was helped off the track by medical personnel after his 44.92 in the 400m semi-final as a precaution due to his asthma. However, he was walking through the Mixed Zone shortly afterwards and spoke to us about his qualification to the final
Hansle Parchment said he got help with his start from
@TyquendoTracey
and
@Julian_Forte
after discovering a crack in Grant Halloway's armour following their heat. Said he hope for a Jamaican 110mH medal sweep one day.
Meet record and new PB for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 10.60 for the win at the Lausanne Diamond League. Elaine Thompson Herah, 10.64 second and 10.92 for Shericka Jackson for third place.
👏🏾 Christopher Taylor. A PB in the biggest race of his life. Can’t ask for more than that. 44.79 for 6th place in the 400m final. Congrats to our Caribbean brothers Gardiner and Kirani. Gold and bronze
Iconic Jamaican brand Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum has committed $14 million to Jamaica’s senior netball team, the Sunshine Girls
Big move & support for the programme.
The Jamaicans are preparing to face Australia in the gold medal match at the Commonwealth Games
Christopher Taylor:
“Honestly, this is an amazing feeling. I have had to overcome a lot of injuries and so on. Whatever happens in the final, I feel like a winner already!”
@JamaicaGleaner
Top Jamaican swimmer Alia Atkinson has indicated that she will retire at the end of the season after failing to advance from the first round of the women’s 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
#Tokyo2020
Sha’Carri Richardson after finishing 9th in 11.14 seconds: “This is one race, I’m not done, count me out if you want to, talk all the shit you want to…you know what I can do.”
Stephen Francis on Shericka Jackson:
“She obviously misread, she paid the price. She is not a senior athlete, she is a senior athlete in the 400m and a rookie at the 200m. I expected her to do better. She will learn.”
What an honour! It was my fourth time covering the Olympics and in many ways, it was the most fulfilling. Thank you to our amazing athletes for their time and honesty, to the sources & the team in JA that delivered a
@JamaicaGleaner
coverage we can be proud of!
(📸
@taylor2nd
)
Elaine Thompson-Herah will be coached by Reynaldo Walcott (Elite Performance) … Walcott is the coach of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Rasheed Broadbell, Rushell Clayton and others. The announcement was made by her manager Marvin Anderson.
American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson looks set to miss the Olympic Games after returning an adverse analytical finding at the US Trials, which has led to her 100m performance at the event being disqualified.
Elaine Thompson Herah joins Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Wyomia Tyus and Gail Devers as women with two Olympic 100m titles. Interesting fact. They all did it in back-to-back Games!
Today is my final day as Sports Editor at The Gleaner. My resignation ends 12 years of amazing experiences.
I am forever grateful to my team, colleagues, supervisors then and now, sources, sporting personalities, readers, mentors etc.
My next move will be my greatest!
BREAKING: Oliver McIntosh has acquired CVM TV from Michael Lee-Chin’s Portland Holdings.
Massive media move. Major development for key sporting properties owned by McIntosh’s Verticast. Will CVM TV become the new home for the Premier League?
Via:
Here’s another interesting bit of fact. Looking back at the results, with the exception of Heat 2, Elaine Thompson Herah’s 10.61 seconds would have qualified her from the MEN’s Prelims and into the Men’s 100m heats at the Tokyo Olympic Games. 🤯
#Tokyo2020
Look at the Reggae Boyz giving away jerseys after the game 🥲… big up Umbro. Not too long ago, if a man try that, he’s playing in a merino the next match lol
WHY IS WEED BANNED?
There’s a lot of confusion here about the effects of cannabis on sports performance.
Tests show that marijuana improves oxygenation to tissues, relaxes muscles, decreases anxiety, tension etc. These can all obviously boost sporting performance.
Glen Mills in June:
“His (Seville’s) appetite for competition is fearless and he is eager to compete and that's very important to sprinting and for athletes not to be afraid of competition but to embrace competition …”
- Fastest qualifier to the 100m final
No surprises. Quarter-miler Stacey-Ann Williams joins the ever-growing AndiSports Management stable, which is headed by Marvin Anderson. She will be coached by Reynaldo Walcott at Elite Performance
Besides being the best at his craft, Hubert Lawrence was a humble source of guidance & encouragement for many journalists, myself included. He is a reference point & someone that I truly admired. The consummate pro, who always had time for others. Shocked. He’ll be missed.
Jamaican sprinting icon
@realshellyannfp
will not compete at the Diamond League finale in Zurich. No reason was provided by her agent Paul Doyle who said that while she is considering ending her season, SFP may feature at one more meet before the end of the season.
We have a finalist in the men’s 200m 🥲 … Rasheed Dwyer produces a season best 20.13 to finish second to Erriyon Knighton, 20.02 in the semis to book a lane in the final.
Jamaican distance standout
@KemoyCampbell
has been forced to retire from competitive athletics on the instruction of his doctors. Campbell is continuing his recovery after his heart stopped, while competing at the Millrose Games in NY on February 9, 2019.
Tia and Tina Clayton have gone pro and will be trained by legendary coach Stephen Francis at MVP … what are your thoughts on the move?
Stick with the
@JamaicaObserver
for more on this major story. Credit to
@realpaulreid
for the good work
It wasn’t pretty, but Jamaica is safely through to the women’s 4x100m final after the team of Briana Williams, Natasha Morrison, Remona Burchell and Shericka Jackson place third in their heat in 42.15. Elaine Thompson Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce to be added for the final.
Quiet confidence among those around 2011 world 100m champion Yohan Blake. Primed to go 9.7 seconds in Eugene I have been told.
What a story he has already been, fighting his way back from physical and mental challenges.
Had a nice brief chat with British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith yesterday. Both her parents are Jamaican so I had to remind her that’s where she got her speed from. Let’s just say it’s clear that she absolutely loves and respects her roots 100%.
Jamaica’s track and field athletes have not been able to train on the track/field since arriving in Tokyo due to the unavailability of their assigned training venue. Coach Maurice Wilson said the situation was a Massive setback. The training venues will become available Jul 25.
Athletes Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jevaughn Minzie, Jaheel Hyde, Julian Forte, Natoya Goule, Tyquendo Tracey and Yohan Blake plus coaches Julian Robinson and Reynaldo Walcott arrived at the Olympic Village a short while ago.
One of Jamaica and the world’s finest sprinters, Veronica Campbell-Brown, has retired from athletics.
THIRTY-FOUR senior medals for Jamaica, including 19 at the Olympic/World Champs level. Her impact cannot be downplayed.
ICON
@VCampbellBrown
Bronze! Jamaica’s women’s 4x400m relay team finishes third in 3:21.24. That’s our 6th straight medal in this event at the Olympics (4 silver, 2 bronze).
#Tokyo2020
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. GREATNESS.
Jamaican sweep in the women’s 100m
@as
expected. Congrats to Shericka Jackson who won the silver medal and Elaine Thompson-Herah who secured bronze.
Amazing!
The Jamaican team management at the Commonwealth Games has launched an appeal after the final of the women’s 800m final.
They are contesting the photo finish judgement which saw Natoya Goule given fourth place behind Scotland’s Laura Muir
Jah know, if I had taken some Jamaica tees from Carby’s to give away to the locals on this trip to Japan, I think I would have at least been offered permanent residency by now. We are loved everywhere (except in the Caribbean 😂) but this is another level of glee
10.87 for Elaine Thompson for the 100m win in Miramar, Briana Williams, 10.97 and some really in-form collegiate ladies to add to the mix. Jamaica’s women’s 4x100m team will be scary AF
From the extra rest (compared to the women) between the 100m final and the 200m final to being assigned lane 5 in the final after a second place finish in his semis, it's a becoming obvious that the IOC/WA is doing everything they can to see a Noah Lyles WR in the 200m here.
Ato Boldon on Briana Williams’ move to Titans TC:
“(I am) Very proud of all we did - she did things that hadn’t been done before and set or equaled a PR every season. It was her choice - she’s 21 on her next birthday and she knows she needs a change.”
9.77 seconds!
Kishane Thompson puts the world on notice. Oblique Seville and Akeem Blake also stamp their tickets to Paris … the sprint factory is in full operation
Female sprint hurdlers, Britany Anderson and Megan Tapper as well as Christopher Taylor in the 400m earlier today have been the only positives on a bitterly disappointing day for Jamaica inside the Tokyo Olympic Stadium.
A road less travelled.
Looking forward to the new opportunities and exciting challenges that await.
I embrace this awesome responsibility & can’t wait to really get going.
Happy to be here!!
🇯🇲/🇧🇲 ❤️
#Ferventfocus
Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz are returning to the FIFA Women’s World Cup after slamming Haiti 4-0 in their Concacaf W Championships clash.
Goals from Trudi Carter, Khadija Shaw (x2) and Drew Spence secured the win for Jamaica.
The 2023 Women’s World Cup takes place in Australia/NZ
Seb Coe thinks athletics has moved on from Usain Bolt, yet he remains the most commercially sought after track and field personality in the world - seven years after retiring; remains rooted in pop culture (mentioned in rap songs, TV/movie scripts) and still holds WRs in 100/200
Every major sport hold their legends as a constant reference point NBA - MJ; Golf - Woods; Football - Pele/Diego; why is Athletics’ top brass so insistent on trying to “replace Bolt”? Instead of maximizing his pull to actually grow the sport to the benefit of current athletes?
After watching that 400m hurdles final, mi feel like mi must guh back outside and pay some money fi come inna the stadium … Jah Jah… what a blessing to witness that.
Shericka Jackson on 200m mistake:
"It's part of the sport, it's part of life, you come in the championship ready to run & then you lose a little bit of focus ... it's a learning process for me. I've definitely learned from this. It was a hard lesson to learn."
#Tokyo2020
BREAKING: Jamaican sprinting superstar Elaine Thompson Herah confirms her split with the MVP Track Club.
Thompson Herah issued the following release in what is a departure from earlier statements denying a split with MVP.
A VERY important point that is being missed (intentionally or otherwise) in the Brianna McNeal suspension is that she was sanctioned for tampering with information - falsifying a document to deceive anti-doping officials and avoid being banned. Can’t be overlooked. Narrative.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on potential clash with Sha’Carri Richardson in Tokyo:
“I don’t focus on one individual, just here in Jamaica we have so much great ladies and depth, so you can’t focus on any one person …”
Rushell Clayton’s 52.51 seconds PB is the second fastest time in the women’s 400m hurdles this year and the second fastest ever run by a Jamaican. Only Femke Bol (52.49) has gone faster this season. Melaine Walker’s NR - 52.41 is under threat.
History for Jamaica. The world number 43-ranked Reggae Girlz secure their first point at the FIFA Women’s World Cup after holding world number 5 France to a 0-0 draw!
Resolute
Great legs all around, that first exchange wasn’t smooth but a new national record, we can’t complain. This same group should still be around for Eugene, they’ll get another shot at the world record then. Well done ladies
Usain Bolt’s attorneys have written to Stocks and Securities demanding that their client be paid the US$12.7 million reflected on his account prior to the uncovering of a massive case of fraud at the institution. The lawyers have set a deadline of 10 days.
You are only the "Fastest" in the world if you are the FASTEST in the world. You can only be the FASTEST if no one (alive) has registered a faster time than yours. So maybe add a clarifier like "fastest this year". I get the need to always add hype but nothing else makes sense.