In the Trinidad and Tobago of the 21st Century, parents burying children seems to be the new normal. The reality was different on Wednesday afternoon at Olympic House in Port-of-Spain. There, for almost three interesting but not enthralling hours, a child, Joanne Kilgour-Dowdy, disinterred her late athletic father and presented the …
Read More »Is T&T getting better or worse at the Olympics? Jabari uses history as his guide
Trinidad and Tobago’s performance at the Olympics should be analysed with a level head, acknowledgement of non-existent national sporting systems and within the context of its Olympic history. The two island nation attended its first Olympics in 1948 and, between then and 1952, won three medals. Rodney “The Mighty Midget” …
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