Jamaican sprinters on top of the world again

[notorious]

Jamaican sprinters won the 100m (men and women) at World University Games. Jamaican sprinters have now won every major sprint title from World Youth/World Junior to World and OLympic championship.

Great achievement.


http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Ru ... es_9469156

[NotSoOrdinary]

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Cool story...

[Marlow]

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Jamaican sprinters won the 100m (men and women) at World University Games. Jamaican sprinters have now won every major sprint title from World Youth/World Junior to World and OLympic championship.
Great achievement.

Enjoy it while you can. The USA has been there often. GB has been there. Even France and Canada have been there. It's a precarious perch. One that EVERYONE eventually gets knocked off of.

But I agree (and even tried starting a thread on it): Jamaica reigns supreme now.

[rudawal]

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Harvey also joins Usain Bolt (Olympic and World Championships); Lerone Clarke (Commonwealth Games); Dexter Lee (World Junior Championships); O'Dail Todd (World Youth Championships) and Odean Skeen (Youth Olympics) as reigning champions of the 100m event at global championships.

The more significant point to be made is that Jamaicans currently hold every global M100 title. That we are fairly certain has never been achieved by USA, Canada or France, with all due respect to Marlow, even if we disregard the Commonwealth games titles for which USA and France are not eligible.

[JWiz]

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Pretty sure Jamaica is the first ever to hold all sprint titles.

[Marlow]

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Pretty sure Jamaica is the first ever to hold all sprint titles.

The ONLY titles that matter (primarily because all nations can participate and place an emphasis on them) are OG and WC. Are we talking only 100/200? Pretty sure USA has done that. 400 also? 4x1 also?

I don't mean to be putting Jam 'down', just clarifying the issue.

[notorious]

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FYI

Both athletes are members of the MVP track club in Kingston.

[sprint_disciple]

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Did USA bring a team? 10.14 for a global college aged athletes championship seems pretty slow. 10.14 is like 4th at NCAA's.

[Amaru523]

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The U.S. didn't exactly send their best option. Justin Murdock finished 5th in his prelim at the NCAA's. The U.S. had better sprinters they could've sent.

[notorious]

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Pretty sure Jamaica is the first ever to hold all sprint titles.

You are correct.

[Avante]

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When every little kid wants to be the next Usain Bolt, they got something going and it's not stopping. Jamaica will rule the sprints from here on out. Sure there wil be that once in awhile American or somebody from another Carib island or a fluke European but that won't matter. Jama will have more majors finalists, always be in the 4x1 hunt and win more medals in the 100/200/4x1 than any other country from now on. I'm from California, not Jamaica.

Sprinters born in Jamaica

Herb McKenley
Dennis Johnson
Don Quarrie
Lennox Miller
Ray Stewart
Linford Christie
Donovan Bailey
Asafa Powel
Usain Bolt
Nesta Carter
Yohan Blake
Michael Frater

Obviously I have to ignore Johnson and Mullings. Yes I know there are others but those are the most accomplished.

Unless we bring in all those pre 1960 guys like Bobby Morrow, Jesse Owens etc, not even the mighty USA compares to that.

Just think, they can ban their 9.80 guy, so now they just plug in their 9.78 guy.........whoa!!!!!!!!!

[Riff80]

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When I see this happening with Jamaica, they are on top in the sprint world and the youngsters see this and they also want to be on top world-wide at there age levels. What happened with the Bahama's and the Golden Girls where it never seemed to take off with the youngsters? (This might have been in another topic long ago)

[Marlow]

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When every little kid wants to be the next Usain Bolt, they got something going and it's not stopping. Jamaica will rule the sprints from here on out.

Wow, strong words, and I have no argument against it, but I do think things go in cycles and certainly THIS is Jamaica's Golden Sprint Age!

[Avante]

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When every little kid wants to be the next Usain Bolt, they got something going and it's not stopping. Jamaica will rule the sprints from here on out.

Wow, strong words, and I have no argument against it, but I do think things go in cycles and certainly THIS is Jamaica's Golden Sprint Age!

It's their 100/200 Golden Sprint Age, don't forget they one held the 4x4 WR and had the top three ranked 400m guys in the world in Rhoden, McKenley and Wint.

[26mi235]

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There are five (seven) events that (can) take less than 48 seconds, the 100, 200, 400, 110h, and 400h (two more for the 4x); Jamaica's men cover less than half of them; hardly the true golden age when they can rarely take bronze in the majority of the races. The women do better than the men, and they have players in the 800 and even a decent 3000SC gal.