“My objective is to get a gold medal. Whether people agree with me or not, I believe the TTOC is not the United Nations of nothing… The TTOC, by virtue of the sports we control, are in the medal-winning business. “Our role is, as far as possible, to create an …
Read More »“I can’t argue with gold!” TTOC president speaks on Ahye, St Louis, elite funding and the Commonwealth Games
“I think what has happened is more and more you are seeing athletes in various sports exercising their right to choose or take decisions that they believe are in their best benefit. It is no longer the athletes are pawns to be used. “[…] People talk about accountability and taxpayers’ …
Read More »“She should’ve run relays!” Ahye’s ex-coach praises sprint star but criticises response to Ato’s barbs
If long-standing Concorde Athletic Club coach Ken Barton were still guiding Commonwealth Games 100m gold medal winner Michelle-Lee Ahye, she would have run in the 4x100m relay. And if he were in charge of the National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago (NAAATT), the umbrella body would not …
Read More »Media Monitor: Go brave, Guardian Media; just keep right on maccoing Michelle-Lee
As a once respected media house, the Guardian may well believe maccoing to be its thing. But as a former journalism lecturer, I am very sure it isn’t mine. I am not, therefore, in the least interested in knowing who Michelle-Lee Ahye’s partner is. Or his or her sex. Or his or her gender. …
Read More »I Dream in gold! Wired868 reviews the good, bad and ugly of the 2018 Commonwealth Games
It started with a big splash and, arguably, ended with a wet blanket, as Team Trinidad and Tobago heard their national anthem played twice at a Commonwealth Games—for the first time since the 1966 edition in Kingston, Jamaica—but were left fretting at the two potential medals that got away in …
Read More »Goldmember: Jereem takes gold after ‘handsy pansy’ from British rival, ballsy Cleo eyes another final and Ahye takes a ‘Kunti’
Stay in yuh lane, hoss! England sprinter Zharnel Hughes’ flailing paw became the most controversial outstretched hand in the country since former Sport Minister Darryl Smith used then communication specialist Kate Balthazar’s “bam bam” for an arm’s rest. But even a hand to his face could not stop “The Dream”, …
Read More »Media Monitor: Boldon’s broadside, Ahye’s comeback and other notable sporting quotes
Sporting history is replete with examples of if not famous last words, at least famous statements, good, bad and ugly, by famous sportsmen, for the most part good. Of recent vintage are two by former Olympian Ato Boldon which provoked a third from newly minted Commonwealth Games 100m gold medallist, …
Read More »Goldmember: Ahye takes flag as Team TTO start Commonwealth campaign with quiet diplomacy
Get in allyuh lane! Trinidad and Tobago got its Commonwealth Games adventure off to a curious start this morning, as 25-year-old sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye carried the flag for the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee’s (TTOC) contingent at the Carrara Stadium in the Gold Coast, Australia. Ahye—or, as Mr Live Wire …
Read More »Dear Editor: “You MIGHT actually win something in this lifetime!” The Commonwealth games powerful people played
“The Express of Friday 23 March carried the following excerpt from Ato Boldon’s FB page: ‘If you worried as much about podiums as much as you do about unprovoked shots at younger teammates you MIGHT actually win something in this lifetime’. […] “For decades, Boldon has been a facilitator and …
Read More »Cafu leads international stars for ‘Laventille Nights’ exhibition match on Monday
Former Brazil World Cup winning captain Cafu will lead an array of local and global international football standouts in an exhibition match at Soogrim Trace Recreation Ground on Monday evening as part of the “Laventille Nights” series. The series is an initiative led by Tony Lee and I95.5FM while the …
Read More »Rio (w)rap II: TTOC boss on missing chef de mission, Dick, Ato’s advice and Vision 2024
“Okay, so if Brian Lewis is an idiot and an A-hole and 10 golds by 2024 is pie-in-the-sky, then is it two bronze medals by 2024? Is it twelve finalists by 2024? Is it no medals by 2024? “Surely, whether it’s one cent or a million spent, we must have …
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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