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Jamaican athletes Roje Stona and Rajindra Campbell have formally switched their track and field allegiance to Turkey.
This year, the comprehensive New York- and Philadelphia-based hospitality initiative is celebrating its 30th year of providing essential assistance to the participating athletes from Jamaica and ...
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Jamaica has had plenty of big nights at world championships over the decades. Never one quite like this. Athletes from the island of sun and sprints won five medals Thursday ...
However, the dominance by Jamaican high school athletes at the university’s Franklin Field stadium was an expected and routine occurrence. The 129th edition of the Penn Relays — featuring some ...
Athletes including Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson, and Christian Coleman have been able to take down Jamaica's dominance. Following this, retired athlete Asafa Powell went candid about Team ...
Here, Jamaican athletes past and present – including former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell and reigning Olympic Champion in the 110m hurdles Hansle Parchment – came together to reveal ...
Doug Mills/The New York Times Jamaica has produced some of the world’s top female sprinters with athletes like Merlene Ottey, a two-time 200 world champion, and Veronica Campbell-Brown ...
Mills expressed support for Powell’s anger about the Jamaican track and field’s current state. Mills stated that athletes who qualify need a proper framework to request grantor support.
For the longest time in track and field, there was only one athlete who was guaranteed to be in the winning column. That athlete is Usain Bolt. Barely any athlete could come close to him, pretty ...
For some, the journey to Franklin Field consists of a short bus ride from elsewhere in Philadelphia or the surrounding areas, but one of the largest contingents of Penn Relays athletes travels all the ...