“For you to address me in the manner of your last email was nothing short of disrespectful; in fact, it was the most disrespectful email I have ever read. What gives you the authority to address me or any athlete in the tone that you just did is beyond me. …
Read More »T&T’s Beijing 4×100 team: Thanks for the love… But don’t forget Olympic promises!
“We were promised in July that something would be done to assure that we were rewarded for our efforts and representing T&T with integrity. There were media releases and pictures taken… and then nothing! “We were forgotten about and disappeared to them like magic.” The following statement was posted by …
Read More »TTOC: Premature to speculate on golden upgrade, IOC hasn’t ruled on T&T 4×100 team yet
The following statement on the IOC’s sanction of Jamaica’s Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 4×100 sprint champion Nesta Carter and the implications for the second placed Trinidad and Tobago quartet of Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender and Richard “Torpedo” Thompson was submitted by the TTOC: The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic …
Read More »Live Wire: Not so fast! T&T sprint quartet set to snatch Beijing 4×100 crown off Jamaica
It started off as a sprint but ended up as a marathon. On 22 August 2008, eight nations and 32 athletes contested the men’s 4×100 metre final in Beijing, China. And, on 25 January 2017, Mr Live Wire can now reveal the impending result. The winner, with an amazing time of …
Read More »Rio review: Thompson, Jehue, Cleopatra and Callender share the real Olympics story
“There needs to be an overhaul of what exists because let’s be real: Obviously it is not working…” Emmanuel Callender, sprinter. “Apparently the bench mark for a good performance is strictly a Gold medal and everything else is a let down or failure—ridiculous in my opinion…” Richard Thompson, sprinter. “Until …
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” …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Race for Machel’s big truck, Rent-a-Jamaicans and bandwagonist test
Twenty-year-old 400 metre rising star, Machel Cedenio, might need a really big truck to hold his gang of new fans, as the young first-time Olympian now represents Trinidad and Tobago’s last chance of an individual track medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Michelle-Lee Ahye became the second athlete in …
Read More »Keshorn, Cedenio in record T&T Olympic squad; Burns, Daniel miss out
London 2012 Olympic gold medalist Keshorn Walcott, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) 2015 Sport Personalities of the Year, Machel Cedenio and Cleopatra Borel, Beijing 2008 Olympic silver medalist Richard “Torpedo” Thompson, former World 400 metre hurdles champion Jehue Gordon, veteran swim star George Bovell III and 100 metre and 200 metre NAAA …
Read More »Give us our due! Why T&T’s sprint quartet wants more than shinier medals
Trinidad and Tobago’s 4×100 metre relay quartet of Richard “Torpedo” Thompson, Keston Bledman, Marc Burns and Emmanuel Callender finally has the silver medals to match the performance at the London 2012 Olympic Games. But whether the sprinters have the ‘right reward’ to go with their silverware is another story, which continues to frustrate the …
Read More »Ahye sets T&T 200m record; Keshorn, Sorrillo, Cleo and Cedenio among winners
It was a double coronation for 24 year old Michelle-Lee Ahye with a national record to boot, as the Rebirth athlete underlined her form with an impressive 22.33 finish in the 200 metre final at the 2016 NGC/Sagicor NAAA National Open Championships this evening in the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port …
Read More »Torpedo strikes to take 100 metre crown alongside Ahye; Khalifa sets junior record
Thirty one year old Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Richard “Torpedo” Thompson reaffirmed his status as the country’s flag bearer in athletics’ showcase event last night, as the Rebirth athlete flew down the track to clinch the men’s 100 metre crown in the 2016 NGC/Sagicor NAAA National Open Championships at the …
Read More »TTOC: Every country holding its breath; expanded search will test 12 T&T medalists
Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis confirmed that no athlete from the two island republic was among the 54 athletes from the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. However, there will be a nervous wait as the International Olympic Committee …
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