Twenty-year-old 400 metre rising star, Machel Cedenio, might need a really big truck to hold his gang of new fans, as the young first-time Olympian now represents Trinidad and Tobago’s last chance of an individual track medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Michelle-Lee Ahye became the second athlete in …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Cleo flummoxes Felix, Njisane rides out and Hope-less USA team
Trinidad and Tobago had a bittersweet time in Rio today as track and field events and indoor cycling got underway at the 2016 Olympic Games. Cycling sprint star Njisane “J-Boy” Phillip roared through the preliminary round but failed to match his 2012 accomplishment of a place in the semifinal while …
Read More »Swagger-ific! Njisane discusses rainy days, his playlist, dealing with ADD and his Rio swansong
“Regardless of how confident you look when you come out on stage, I don’t care who you are, you are freaking out inside,” said Trinidad and Tobago cycling sprint star Njisane Phillip. “You could lose. You’re understanding what I’m saying? You could lose. That’s what in your mind. “Every athlete …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Yu who? Bovell falls to rising star; Chris eliminated by Myanmar man
Who the hell is Yu? Veteran Trinidad and Tobago swim star George Bovell’s Rio 2016 Olympic campaign ended in just 22.30 seconds, as he was beaten at the line by 20 year old China rising star Yu Hexin (22.20) and 25 year old Poland swimmer Filip Wypych (22.23) in the …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Hot Chow, Sailor Mas and Phelps vs Soucouyant
Some Hot Trini Chow in allyuh pueffen! Good news for Trinidad and Tobago’s Rio 2016 Olympic couch surfers this morning as rower Felice Chow became the country’s first competitor to advance from the group stage in Rio de Janeiro. Chow, 39, placed second in her heat in the Repechage event …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Slippery Dick’s short and bittersweet moment of history
Well, if we are being honest, Marisa Dick’s Rio 2016 Olympic berth looked pretty slippery, even before she got up on the uneven bars today. Dick’s Olympic tryst, which was history in the making for Trinidad and Tobago gymnastics, was short and bittersweet. She executed the “Dick mount” en route …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Live Wire envies the Tonga man, serves Chow and touches that Dick again
“Whoday Whoday oy!” As it turns out, the first major event of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games was synchronised oogling, as the Tonga man—the nation’s flag bearer and taekwondo fighter Pita Nikolas Taufatofua—became the first hit of the most popular sporting event on the planet by whipping up an oil …
Read More »I’m ready! Keshorn prepares for next chapter in extraordinary Olympic story
“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 …
Read More »Victimisation, hatred and bias! Thema’s historic TTGF suit sullies Dick’s Olympic bow
On 7 August 2016, 19 year old Marisa Dick will become Trinidad and Tobago’s first ever gymnast to participate in an Olympic Games. But the cost of her achievement could be the financial ruin and permanent loss of reputation of the Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) and, in particular, …
Read More »Queen Cleo on unfinished Olympic business, repping Mayaro and being consistently awesome
“I decided to give it one last go when track and field began getting rid of cheaters in my event,” Trinidad and Tobago women’s shot put champion, Cleopatra Borel, told Wired868. “I finished outside of the final in London [at the 2012 Olympic Games]. I was the first person outside …
Read More »Get ready to tumble! Thema sues TTGF officials for destroying her Olympic dreams
Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) president David Marquez, first vice president Akil Wattley, second vice president Ricardo Lue Shue and his wife and assistant treasurer Donna Lue Shue will have to defend their controversial omission of 20 year national gymnast Thema Williams in a local courtroom. At just after …
Read More »Bulls**t free zone: Njisane opens up on life of sacrifice, squabbles and success
“It is a lonely life,” said Rio-bound Trinidad and Tobago international cyclist Njisane Phillip. “I am up at 6am and I’m out of the house at 7am. I’m on the track at 9am, I’m off the track at 12pm and I am back in the gym at 3pm. “I’m out …
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