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"These five rings - blue, yellow, black, green
and red - represent the five parts of the world
now encompassed by Olympism and ready to compete
against each other. Moreover, the six colours
(including the white background) thus combined
represent those of all nations, without
exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the
blue and white of Greece, the French, English,
American, German, Belgian, Italian and Hungarian
tricolours, the yellow and red of Spain are side
by side with the new Brazilian and Australian
flags, the old Japan and the new China. It is a
true international emblem." |
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Pierre de Coubertin
Founder of the Modern Olympics |
It's time for the
Olympics and Jamaica has assembled yet another Track & Field
Dream Team.
Since 1948 when we sent our first team to the
London Olympics we have brought home medals.
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Lt to Rt: Joe Yancy,
Coach, Les Laing, George Rhoden,
Arthur Wint, Herb McKenley, Herbert Macdonald,
Manager |
The Original Dream
Team
In 1948 we sent our first team to the Olympics.
The team consisted of Arthur Wint, Herb McKenley,
George Rhoden, Les Laing, Byron LaBeach and one
lone woman, Cynthia Thompson (no it wasn't
Ottey)Accompanying the team were Coach Joe Yancy
and Manager Herb MacDonald.
That year we brought home three medals:
400m Gold: Arthur Wint
400m Silver: Herb McKenley
800m Silver: Arthur Wint |
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The 2008 Team
Chef de
Mission
Donald Anderson
Deputy Chef de Mission Compton Rodney
The Technical Leader
of the Athletics Squad will be that Superstar of
the 1976 Games: Don Quarrie
Clicking on an
athlete's name will give you their
IAAF
stats in a new window |
Athletics
(Women):
CAMPBELL-BROWN, Veronica
SIMPSON, Sherone
BAILEY, Aileen
ANDERSON, Nickeisha
BLISS, Andrea
BROOKS, Sheri-Ann
DIXON, Vonette
ENNIS-LONDON, Deloreen
FACEY, Simone
FOSTER-HYLTON, Bridgette
FRASER, Shelly-Ann
HAMMOND, Chelsea
HINDS, Korine
HYMAN, Mardrea
LEROY, Anastasia
LLOYD, Shareefa
MCKOY, Olivia
NORTHOVER, Zara
SINCLAIR, Kenia
SMITH, Trecia-Kaye
STEWART, Kerron
STODDART, Shevon
WALKER, Melaine
WILKINS, Bobby Gaye
WILLIAMS, Novelene
WILLIAMS, Shericka
WILSON, Nickiesha
WHYTE, Rosemarie
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Athletics (Men):
POWELL, Asafa
BOLT, Usain
MCFARLANE, Danny
AYRE, Sanjay
ANDERSON, Marvin
BLACKWOOD, Michael
BUCKLEY, Markino
CARTER, Nesta
CHAMBERS, Ricardo
ESSOR, Marvin
FINDLAY, Adrian
FOTHERGILL, Allodin
FRATER, Michael
MCGREGOR, Herbert
PHILLIPS, Isa
PHILLIPS, Richard
SAPPLETON, Aldwyn
SCOTT, Dorian
SPENCE, Lansford
SMITH, Maurice
THOMAS, Dwight
WELLINGTON, Andre
WIGNALL, Maurice
WILLIAMS, Christopher |
Swimming
ATKINSON, Alia
ATKINSON, Jevon
MOODIE, Natasha |
Cycling
LYNCH, Ricardo
Equestrian
ALBERT, Samantha
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Olympic Medal winners at NBC Olympics.com!
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A
Tribute to
Merlene Ottey,
Jamaica's Marathon Sprinter
For
the first time since dinosaurs walked the Earth, Merlene
Ottey did not qualify for the Olympics. Had she done
so
this would have been her EIGHTH Olympics! The
48 year old "Queen of the Track" ran just under the
qualifying speed but she still ran faster than most
of the field who were not even born
when she ran her first race! Ottey
won bronze at the 1979 Pan American Games twenty
nine years ago and has gone on to win another thirty
three
world medals in the twenty nine years since! She is
the oldest track medalist ever and if you own
a copy of the Guinness Book of World Records you
will find an entire page devoted to her.
Though Ottey never won Olympic Gold she has won nine
Olympic Medals and seven Gold Medals in other world
games. |
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