Tag Archives: Keshorn Walcott

Trinidad and Tobago’s two-time Olympic medallist and javelin star, Keshorn Walcott, talks to Wired868 about Rio 2016, critics, his return to the podium, how to get a big throw and the way forward for local sport: More from Wired868 Rio (w)rap II: TTOC boss on missing chef de mission, Dick, Ato’s …

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 …

Keshie, Keshie, Coo… Congratulations Trinidad and Tobago, you have a bronze! After an eternity in the waiting room, there was finally some good news from the Rio de Janeiro delivery room. And, once more, Dr Keshorn Walcott got the job done. A champion at the London 2012 Olympics, Walcott was third tonight …

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. …

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” …

This bois man doh fraid… This bois man doh fraid nobody. He want to bring back gold for T&T! Toco man-child Keshorn Walcott stepped into the gayelle of the men’s javelin competition tonight at the 2016 Olympic Games. And, with one mighty throw in Rio de Janeiro, the 23-year-old made …

“It just felt natural to me and I loved the challenge,” said Trinidad and Tobago javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott, as he discussed the sport that propelled him to international fame. “I would push myself each and every day and say I want to throw further than the day before. And …

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 …

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 …

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 …

After the call for employment from Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team football captain, Maylee Attin-Johnson, I had to comment; because it’s an area that I have always felt was a grave injustice to national athletes. It is safe to say that many national athletes from different sporting disciplines …

Keshorn Walcott is arguably the most gifted athlete in the history of Trinidad and Tobago’s sport after his gold medal javelin throw at the London 2012 Olympics was rewarded with $1 million in cash, an estimated $2.5 million house in Federation Park, 20,000 acres of land in Toco’s vicinity and …