Jamaica’s Roje Stona stunned his competitors by setting a new Olympic record to win the gold medal in the men’s discus event in the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. The 25-year-old, coached by 31-year-old fellow Olympian and shot put champion at the Paris Games Ryan Crouser, launched a throw of 70.00 metres with two rounds left in the final to win his first Olympic gold. Men's...
Two-time Jamaican 200 metres world champion Shericka Jackson will not contest the sprint double at the Paris 2024 Olympics after dropping from the women's 100 metres event. The 30-year-old sustained a calf injury during her final outing on July 9 in Hungary before the Games commenced. Jackson clocked a season's best of 10.84 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Jamaican trials but her manager...
Three-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has revealed she plans to retire after the Paris Games this summer. The 37-year-old Jamaican won the 100 metres title in both 2008 and 2012, and collected a third Olympic gold as part of the Jamaican relay team at Tokyo 2020 Games. Her 2020 title as well as three of her 10 world titles, came after the birth of her son...
Newly-crowned 400-metre world champion, Jamaica’s Antonio Watson, reveals he feels excited and great to win his first-ever World Athletics Championships gold medal after causing an upset in the final in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday. The 21-year-old raced past the finish line first in a time of 44.22 seconds, while Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith took silver and Quincy Hall of the United States secured bronze, with former...
In a world of many great footballers in both the men’s and women’s game, not many have been as iconic and trailblazing as Brazil’s Marta da Silva, who announced on Wednesday that she would not be participating in the FIFA Women’s World Cup any longer after A Seleçāo elimination from the group stage. The 37-year-old, who came on in Brazil’s first game against Panama, joined two...
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