“[…] Bravo to our newly minted gold medal winning quintet of Richard ‘Torpedo’ Thompson, Keston Bledman, Emmanuel Callender, Marc Burns and Aaron Armstrong! “[…] Our third gold medal may have come after some delay, but as a nation, we are proud and grateful to have this additional reason to celebrate …
Read More »The Nesta Carter case: Why Jamaican was sanctioned for stimulant that was not on list of banned drugs
“Since the release of the CAS decision on 31 May, there has been understandable confusion about the ruling. Most notably, how Carter could be sanctioned for a substance that was not banned at the time (methylhexanamine or MHA). “[…] However, the Panel held that although methylhexanamine wasn’t specifically named, it …
Read More »CAS dismisses Carter’s appeal; paves way for Jamaica’s 2008 Olympic gold to be handed to T&T
“[The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)] cannot accept any of the arguments raised by [Nesta Carter] contending that the test results should be ignored or the case should otherwise be dismissed for certain alleged failures…” The following are excerpts from the CAS ruling today in the case of 32-year-old …
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 …
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