Brian Lewis was returned as Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president today for his second successive term and will remain at the helm of the local sporting body until 2021. Lewis, who was appointed as the interim head of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) last November, …
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 »Our Olympic athletes did their best, we did not; Griffith: Politicians are to blame
Former National Security Minister and People’s Partnership Senator, Gary Griffith, blamed his former colleagues for mistreating athletes and the current political rulers for exploiting them in his Letter to the Editor on Trinidad and Tobago’s showing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: It has always been our custom that our …
Read More »TTOC: Dr Ian Hypolite did not duck chef de mission duties for ESPN gig
The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC), which is headed by president Brian Lewis, has denied suggestions that Dr Ian Hypolite abdicated or delegated his duties as chef de mission during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, despite his numbers sessions on air as an analyst with ESPN. Hypolite, according to …
Read More »Wishful thinking of Olympian proportions: Daly looks from Dick to Hypolite and in-between
There is no reason to be harsh towards the Trinidad and Tobago athletes who represented us at the Rio Olympics 2016. They tried their best. However it is clear that a precursor to the negative feelings was the country’s outrage at one of the selection processes and the apparent supervisory …
Read More »Learning from Rio: Earl Best takes some literary lessons from the 31st Olympiad
Javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott, writes Kwame Lawrence in the Trinidad Express of Monday August 22, “is threatening to become an all-time great in the event.” So whether or not you think it is a celebration of “mediocrity,” no one can reasonably find fault with the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs’ …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Black Friday for T&T sport fans as Mr Live Wire looks to Jesus
Oh gorm allyuh… I can’t take the pain no more. If Jesus is a Trini, then he must be wearing a “Team Thema” jersey yes! For the first time in 24 years, Trinidad and Tobago is facing up the possibility of leaving an Olympics Games without a medal to show. …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Machel motors but Wayde and Bolt leave Rio bazodee
Twenty-year-old Trinidad and Tobago rising star Machel Cedenio broke a national 400 metre record last night that was set, four years before he was born, by Ian Morris at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. But it was not enough to get him on the podium after an extraordinary race in which …
Read More »We had no choice! TTOC’s full statement on selection of T&T gymnast Marisa Dick
“The TTOC games management committee has therefore ruled that the TTOC has no choice but to include Marisa Dick in the Team TTO Rio 2016 declaration,” said Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis. “I repeat the decision was significantly influenced by the FIG letter of April 29, …
Read More »TTOC vote for Dick! Marisa will create history for T&T gymnastics at Rio Olympics
The Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) will achieve a personal milestone at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, as—for the first time in its history—the local board will send a gymnast to the world’s most illustrious sporting event. But, according to how you review the circumstances, it will not be …
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