Relays can be very tricky, but victory for Jamaica in the women’s 4x100m relay last Friday night was as sure as night follows day. Stacked with rare, elite quality which includes Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, the podium finishers in the 100m final six days earlier, as well as two of the three […]
As the greatest women’s 100m race reached its denouement, Elaine Thompson-Herah burned past her greatest rival and then raised her left arm in victory salute. There were hints of Ben Johnson in Seoul, but then the clock flashed up the winning time, 10.61sec, and another name from the 1988 Olympics came to mind: Florence Griffith […]
Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas soared out to 15.67 metres on last Sunday to smash the world record with her final attempt, as she became the first woman Olympic champion in her country’s history. A charismatic presence throughout, Rojas began with a brilliant jump of 15.41m that took her 2cm beyond the Olympic record set […]
At this year’s Olympics, Team Canada is 371 athletes-strong, the country’s largest team to compete since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. And on their trips back home, the 2020 Tokyo cohort will increase by three. That’s because three middle-distance runners from the International Olympic Committee Refugee Team are coming to Canada. Paulo Amotun Lokoro, […]
Angela Bailey, the Canadian women’s record holder in the 100 metres sprint and an Olympic 4×100 relay silver medal winner, has died after battling cancer under complicated conditions. She was 59 years old. Bailey’s 1987 Canadian women’s 100-metre sprint record time of 10.98 seconds still stands today. She was also part of the women’s silver […]
Your brain is truly the most amazing part of your body. It comes up with creative ways to express your thoughts and emotions, coordinates movements from chopping onions to running an obstacle course, stores your most precious childhood memories, and solves the Sunday crossword. But it’s easy to take those powers for granted. “Many […]
Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez cemented his position in history by winning his fourth straight Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games. The 38-year-old Cuban beat Georgia’s Iakobi Kajaia 5-0 at the Makuhari Messe Hall. He is the most successful male Olympic wrestler of all time and only the fifth athlete in history to win four […]
Though accepting an apparent weakness of the men’s side, a few athletics experts have predicted a double-digit medal haul for Jamaica at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games now under way in Japan. Veteran SportsMax broadcaster Lance Whittaker, who has covered a number of global athletics competitions, believes Jamaica could garner as many as […]
Stepping onto Tokyo’s Ariake Tennis Park will be a childhood dream come true for Felix Auger-Aliassime. The star tennis player, who turns 21 next month, says playing in the Olympics is something he’s thought about ever since he watched his first Games in 2008. “I told myself it would be incredible to walk one day […]
Australia brushed aside hosts West Indies by six wickets, with almost 20 overs to spare, last Monday evening at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados to clinch the three-match One Day International (ODI) series by a 2-1 margin. The series was extended by two days as the second scheduled game at Barbados, last Thursday, was postponed […]
