Tag Archives: Jereem Richards

Nearly a year after receiving their gold medals at a reallocation ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago’s 4x100M relay team from 2008 claim that the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GoRTT) is yet to reward them for their upgrade from silver to gold for the Beijing …

It was more than a Dream!  As athletes braced sporadic showers and fans “oo-hed” and “ahh-ed” as lightning lit up the overcast skies over the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago’s ace sprinter Jereem “The Dream” Richards smashed his personal best time in the 200m event at the NGC-NAAATT National …

Minister of Sport and Community Development Shamfa Cudjoe described Trinidad and Tobago quarter-miler Jereem Richards as ‘phenomenal’, after the 28-year-old Point Fortin sprinter snatched gold in the 400-metre event at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia today. Richards, who is also the reigning Commonwealth Games 200m champ, crossed …

Trinidad and Tobago Sportsman of the Year and Olympic swimmer Dylan Carter was one of three athletes to receive funding from the Ministry of Sport and Community Development yesterday, via the Elite Athlete Programme. The other two athletes were sprinter Jereem Richards and boxer Nigel Paul. A release from the …

A blistering anchor lane run by Machel Cedenio paced Trinidad and Tobago to their first ever gold return at the IAAF World Relays yesterday, as the twin island republic stunned defending champions, United States, to take gold at the 4×400 metre event in Yokohama, Japan. Deon Lendore, Jereem Richards and …

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 …

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”, …

Sprinter Jereem Richards this morning earned a second sprint  medal for Team Trinidad and Tobago in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, taking gold in the 200m final The gold medal moves T&T’s tally at the Games to three, two golds and a silver. Dylan Carter had already …

The Trinidad and Tobago men’s 4×400 team, sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye and Paralympian Akeem Stewart were the big winners on Friday as the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) held its 23rd Annual Awards Gala at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain. In a break with tradition, the relay team of …