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TASVG MODIFIED 202O NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The TASVG MODIFIED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS will be held on the…
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The I.A.A.F World Relays recently held in the Bahamas provided an opportunity for athletes from the Central American and Caribbean countries to show their mettle at the highest global level in a variety of relay events. The Jamaican men powered their way to gold in both the 4×100 and 4×200 metre events while the competitors from Trinidad and Tobago took second place honours in the 4×100 metres and set a National record in winning bronze medals in the 4×400 metre event. The hometown Bahamians, Olympic champions in 2012 rode a wave of raucous support in the 4×400, finishing just short of the victorious United States quartet, battling them to the line in the four-lap relay.
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The first Olympic athlete from the Caribbean to win an Olympic medal while representing his own country was the Haitian long jumper Silvio Cator, who won a silver at the 1928 Games. However, the British sprinter Harry Edward ,who was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) had mounted the victory stand twice in 1920,winning bronze medals in both the 100 and 200 metre dashes. He would be followed eight years later by another Guyanese sprinter, Jack London, who won a silver medal in the 100 metres and a bronze in the 4×100 metre relay for Great Britain.
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ALL-TIME LEADING BLACK JUNIOR FEMALE PERFORMANCES Jump to Event 100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m 1…
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2019 was the year of the first IAAF World Championships to be held in the Middle East and although there were some disappointments at the meet in its first incarnation as the championships of World Athletics, rather than the I.A.A.F., there were also some outstanding successes.
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Today, 18 July, the world celebrates the birthday of the late Nelson Mandela, the most renowned lead of the fight against South Africa’s brutish imposition of Apartheid and most beloved President of his native country.
