Donald Smith
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🇯🇲 Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), World Athletics Track & Field Announcer, Sports Analyst, Football Commentator, Drummer, #ManUtd + much more!
Jamaica
Joined May 2009
Finally got my updated pic with @realshellyannfp. Shelly was like "Mi know seh is a Jamaican enuh!" referring to me being the announcer. Big up everytime Shelly.
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Fastest Man Alive: Usain Bolt .Fastest Man all Time: Usain Bolt.Fastest Active: Yohan Blake .Fastest This Year: Trayvon Brommel .Olympic Champion: Lamont Jacobs. Know the difference!.
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Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have now both run 4 wind legal times under 10.70s. No other woman has run more sub 10.70s wind legal times than these two.
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By the way Jamaica is also the only country with 3 finalists in the Discus.
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Every year it is confirmed just how super Usain Bolt's World Records are.
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Finally got a picture with the elegant Dina Asher-Smith @dinaashersmith. Listen, this lady is possibly one of the nicest athletes I have ever met. Really happy she got a medal in that 200m.
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's hair is amazing. I tell you whichever photographer gets a full shot when she is in flight, it will be amazing to see!.
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Shericka Jackson did not ease up. Watch the race again. Sha'Carri's top end speed was just superior to hers this time around.
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Ronald Levy what a story. Had rods placed in his shins 2 years ago and took awhile to fully convince himself to hurdle at this level again. He has a great coach in the 2009 World 100mH Champion. Brigitte Foster-Hylton. Well done lad.
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Got a pic with the World 400mH Champion Alison Dos Santos of Brazil.
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Shanieka Ricketts receiving her Silver Medal for the Women's TJ. Only got to record the last part as two persons stood up at the wrong time.
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A historic moment captured from the Announcer's POV. Big up @tallerdandem for winning Jamaica's first ever Gold Medal in a field event.
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And of course the photo updates could not end without snapping a shot with the one and only Marie-Josée TA LOU, the joint record Holder in the 100m for Côte d’Ivoire.
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Who can talk to me now. lol. Just kidding. Glimpsed Shericka Jackson moments ago and had to interrupt her conversation to get a pic. She is of course the WC 200m Gold & 100m Silver Medalist and 2nd fastest woman all time at 200m. Look at her smile man! @sherickajacko
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3 Jamaicans are into the final of the Men's Discus Throw. Traves Smikle, Ralford Mullings & Roje Stona. It's the 1st time that Jamaica has qualified 3 men for an Olympic Discus Final.
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Bredda. I am so happy right now it nuh funny! Yes Stona yuh dweet yute!.
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For the first time since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Australia, there will be no Jamaican representation in the men's 100m Final.
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Listen a better start from Seville and he would have medalled. I'm happy he is getting the experience at this level though.
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11.15s (+0.8m/s) for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on her season opener to win the Women's 100m.
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Kishane Thompson lift your head up yute. First major Championships and a Silver Medal. Massive achievement. Many have dreamt of this moment and it never materialized. Big up yute!.
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Oblique Seville with a massive PB over 100m 9.86(0.2m/s). 2nd fastest in the world this year and the 6th fastest time by a Jamaican all-time.
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Shericka Jackson will be joining the 10.6s club in short order.
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Andre DeGrasse's 19.62s (PB/NR) is the 4th fastest time ever run in an Olympic Final; only Usain Bolt (19.30s and 19.32s) and Michael Johnson (19.32s) have gone faster in a final at the Olympics. DeGrasse is also the 3rd Canadian to win Olympic Gold over 200m.
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From a Legend in Marta to a Legend in the Making Shaw! Love to see it.
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So only 1 Jamaican in the final of the Men's 100m. Oblique Seville is his name.
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4th place at his first World Championships as a 19 year old, Roshawn Clarke take a bow. Well done lad. Just outside the medals in a race with the 3 fastest Men all time, beating one in the process.
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Confirmation that Romaine Beckford is through to the Men's High Jump Final. It's the first time that a Jamaican is making the final in the event at the Olympics. Note when Germaine Mason won Silver in 2008 he was representing Great Britain.
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I really don't believe athletes need to apologize for a bad day in competition. It happens, you owe us nothing. The fact that you decide to suit up for your country alone is a sacrifice most of us should be thanking you for. Bad days are par for the course; better days are ahead.
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PB for Jaheel in 6th. Best I have seen him run in awhile. Well done @jaheelstella. More to come for sure. This race shows you can definitely be there with the best.
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The men finally get a medal in Oregon. Silver in the 4x400. Nice running all round by the team of Bloomfield, Allen, Powell and Taylor.
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Elaine Thompson-Herah is the Commonwealth Games Women's 100m Gold Medalist. Never write her off! @FastElaine.
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Jamaican Chad Wright has advanced to the final of the Men's Discus Throw.
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Historic! Shadae Lawrence is the first Jamaican Woman to qualify for the Final of the Discus Competition at the Olympic Games. The National Record Holder at 67.05m, who is competing at her second Olympics, qualified 11th best overall with a best of 62.27m.
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So based on SFP's condition, getting silver is a very good result. She could have stopped and we would have had a DNF beside our name.
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Big up Julien Alfred, who made both the 100m & 200m final, narrowly missing a medal in the 200m. She represented her country St. Lucia & Alma mater St. Catherine High very well. There is much more in store for her. By the way, she did this on the back of a long collegiate season.
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As good as it is to qualify for the Olympics, you can't use the designation of OLY until you actually compete at the Olympics. Qualifying is one thing, competing is another. Similarly, once you have competed at an Olympics, the designation of Olympian remains with you for life.
I’m an Olympian 🔥🔥. See yall good folks in Paris 🥷‼️. Anddd a PB 🔥🔥🔥🔥.
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Julien Alfred of St. Lucia and now Thea Lafond of Dominica, are the toast of the Windward Islands this morning. Absolutely incredible stories being written in Glasgow.
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Thea Lafond receiving her country's first OLYMPIC Medal. O what a moment!
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Broadbell with the massive upset in the 110mH. 13.12s for the win over the World Champion Grant Holloway.
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It's probably a good time to post this as well. Congrats to Adelle Tracey on qualifying to tomorrow's semi-final of the Women's 800m. Also the 1st Jamaican I have had the pleasure of getting a pic with in Eugene (soon get some more between today and Saturday). @adelle_tracey
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That was a magnificent run from Femke BOL. Stacey-Ann really tried, but we really needed more breathing space after the 2nd leg. Not complaining at all. Well done Team Jamaica.
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Kevona Davis now representing the University of Texas .(Longhorns) & formerly of Edwin Allen has left many stunned today after she became the 19th Jamaican Woman to run sub-11.00s in the 100m. Her new PB achieved in qualifying at the Big 12 Conference Champs is 10.95s (0/.9m/s).
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Sometimes I get to dress up and even walk the red carpet!
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*Breaking*: As of Jan 25, 2020 applicants for provisional driver's license (Learners) must now complete & pass the road code multiple choice test in order to obtain said license. The test will be administered by the Island Transport Authority (Exam Depot) free of charge. (1/4).
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JAAA says Elaine Thompson-Herah had responded in the affirmative when asked, that she is available for Budapest and as such, she is named to the team.
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0.0m/s was the wind speed for Shericka Jackson's race. 21.55s ranks her #3 All time, 2nd fastest Jamaican Woman all-time and the new World Leader.
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The man clean up Usain's Junior and Youth Records and looking to target the big one at only 18.
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So Jamaica ends their World U20 Journey with 5 medals. 4 Gold and 1 Bronze.
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1, 3 for Jamaica, as Brianna Lyston strikes Gold in the Women's 200m in a time of 22.65s. Alana Reid 22.95s was third, that was a huge PB for Reid as well.
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Finally got the chance to meet and snap a quick Pic with the one and only Alexis Holmes @trackqueenlex . listen, the pic does not do her justice. Very pleasant personality too.
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Jamaica's World U20 Women's 4x100m relay record setting team of Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Kerrica Hill & Tia Clayton who set a new U20 record (42.94s) in Nairobi, Kenya in August, has had their record ratified by World Athletics.
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Big up Wayne Pinnock, first World Championships and just missing out on the Top 8. Well done boss.
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Rushell Clayton having come back from injury which hampered her progress after her 2019 breakout year has done well. Many didn't even have her making the final, but she qualified and ran well. I'm happy she finished injury free.
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What a day for our Jamaican Juniors, 4 Gold Medals, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals. Jamaica sits 2nd on the Medal Table with 5G, 4S & 3B, 1 Bronze behind table leaders USA.
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@ShaCarri_HIVE It's clear that you just started watching track and field this year it seems. No worries, just check YouTube and you will see that Jamaican ladies have always lead the fashion trend in Athletics.
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Not even 30secs. No man coulda gi wi likkle more screen time enuh.
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A must watch story! Wow. What an athlete. Big up Parchy! @ParchmentHansle.
#TokyoGoldRush: It was only destiny. After taking the wrong bus ahead of his semifinal, Hansle Parchment ran into a kind Olympic volunteer who set him on the right way. He's gone back to find her and share the Jamaican gratitude. Full video:
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Yohan Blake came back from injuries which for many other athletes proved to be career ending. So the fact that he is back and making finals is an achievement in and of itself.
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Wow!. A massive 17.70m for Jaydon Hibbert well over the Auto Q standard of 17.16m. He is ready for the final.
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Jamaica's first medal on the Boys' side and it's Gold. Finally!.
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The Jamaicans are Holloway's achilles heel at the moment. This is why I think a fit Parchment would have had a very good chance of winning in Eugene.
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Brandon Pottinger becomes the first Jamaican High Jumper to strike Gold in a global Championships. Germaine Mason came close in 2000 with a Silver, Kristoff Bryan also missed a medal in 2014, and Pottinger has come to the Party and sits atop the World U20 podium.
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Stephenie-Ann McPherson's Bronze medal winning time of 50.79s is a New Jamaican National Indoor Record. It betters the time of 50.93s set by Sandie Richards 29 years ago.
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A General Rule: It's ok to be disappointed, but it's certainly not ok to be disrespectful!.
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If you are seeing the top 3 athletes with medals around their necks after an event, don't be alarmed. It's called Instant Medals and is being done to facilitate a lap of Honour as well as for photo ops. There will always be an official Medal Ceremony for every event.
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I really hope the driver of the Pajero who mowed down and fatally injured Demar Lilly in Clarendon is caught soon. Only 20 years of age with his life ahead of him, killed by someone who believes they are above the law who didn't want to pay for a bottle of honey.
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Kinda at a distance from where I am; but leave it to the Jamaicans to let you know that they are here. Our flag big and bold already inside the stadium, the only one I'm seeing so far.
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Nkrumie is now the sole owner of the National U20 100m Record. He equalled the previous record of 10.11s in the semi-finals and lowered if in the final to 10.02s.
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Caught up with our quarter and half milers not too long ago. From left to right: Navasky Anderson (Nat'l 800m Record Holder), Me, Gregory Prince (400m) and Anthony Cox (400m).
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Listen, this victory is arguably one of our best all time. In the cold of Canada too.
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This picture is everything. ✨. Photo Credit: @kevmofoto on Instagram via @americantrackleague
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The American commentators are so optimistic. One says, well during qualifying the US found themselves behind 1-0 at the half in Honduras and went on to win 4-1. They think this is CONCACAF qualifying still. lol.
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Jamaica's Team to the Budapest, World Championships later this month.
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Seville keep your head up boss. I believe you will get it right one day. As Antonio Watson said last year "God and time!".
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By the way Nickisha Pryce's 48.57s is not only a new NR and WL, but it moves her into the top 10 all time for 400m. She moves up 6 places from 13th to 7th.
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Poster responded saying that I should keep the athlete out of my "nasty goat eating mouth" and I tell you I feel for some curry goat now. 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
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If the results as it stands now holds, don't expect a GENERAL Election any time soon. Will be very late in 2025.
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I really think if Broadbell was race fit in Paris, that a higher placing would have been very likely. Same for Parchment as well.
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This is Jamaica's most successful World U20 Championships outing. The 6 Gold Medals won so far is the most ever, the previous best was 4 from Tampere, Finland in 2018, which our previous best total medal haul was from as well, i.e. 12 Medals.
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With that 1, 2 for Jamaica, we move top of the medal standings with 14 Medals (6G, 5S & 3B).
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Brand new PB for Stacey-Ann. She is finishing the season strong.
Solo run 😮💨. 🇯🇲's Stacey-Ann Williams storms to a meeting record of 50.00 in the women's 400m with a solo run in Zagreb💥. #ContinentalTourGold
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Outside of the athletic performances, this band from the Bahamas was arguably the next best thing from the Games. Much respect to the Bahamian crew who shared their culture with us over the last 3 days.
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Nickisha Pryce's 48.89s (NR, WL, MR, CL, CR, PB) moves her joined 13th on the all-time list. She is the 3rd fastest Caribbean quarter-miler all-time behind Shaunae (48.36) & Paulino (48.76). She is the only Jamaican to go sub-49s over 400m.
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On the back of this successful U20 Championships, I would love if the JAAA pushes to improve our athletes in a few more disciplines over the next 2 years so that we have at least 1 athlete in those events. For example, the Javelin, Hammer and to a lesser extent the Pole Vault.
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That is a World U20 Record for Roshawn Clarke 47.34.and a new NR.
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The 2nd fastest time all time for a Women's U20 4x1 team, 42.59s. Only the 42.58s done in Kingston is faster. It will be the new World U20 Record having now bettered the 42.94s done last year in Kenya. It's the same team that ran in Nairobi as well.
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Jamaica's Jaydon Hibbert jumping into the lead in Round 2 of the Men's Triple Jump with a new Lifetime Best of 16.05m.
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