The following letter was written by Leon Williams, the father of Trinidad and Tobago national gymnast, Thema Williams: I remember, as a young boy watching Sesame Street, (seeing) a child ask an adult: “Is silence a sound?” The adult paused for a moment and then answered, “I don’t know.” I would …
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With less than 24 hours before the Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) must officially select its athlete for the Rio Olympics Test Event, a gymnastics insider has admitted that the sporting body is divided between its two star athletes, Thema Williams and Marisa Dick. And, intriguingly, the source claimed …
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United States coach John Geddert, who was the US women team’s head coach at the London 2012 Olympics, has accused the Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) of standing in the way of Thema Williams’ Olympic preparations—in an explosive exchange of emails—after the local body refused to grant permission for …
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The Women’s Premier League is, in fact, an international football tournament. Kevin Harrison, the advisor to Sport Minister Brent Sancho, said that, eight weeks ago, the Sport Ministry decided not to describe its maiden competition as a league, due to potential complications pointed out by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association …
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