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Usain Bolt races to Germany for treatment with 'Healing Hans'
« Reply #30 on: July 07, 2012, 12:29:38 AM »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9382589/London-2012-Olympics-Usain-Bolt-races-to-Germany-for-treatment-with-Healing-Hans.html

London 2012 Olympics: Usain Bolt races to Germany for treatment with 'Healing Hans'
By Simon Hart, Athletics Correspondent
10:30PM BST 06 Jul 2012


Usain Bolt’s management team on Friday moved to calm fears the London Olympics might take in the absence of its ultimate icon by insisting the Jamaican sprinter has nothing more serious than a tight hamstring muscle.

Bolt, arguably the most famous sportsman in the world and undoubtedly the leading poster boy for the Olympics, announced on Thursday he was withdrawing from the Diamond League meeting in Monaco on July 20, because of what his coach Glen Mills described as a “slight problem”.

Concern over Bolt’s physical condition will only have deepened when it emerged he was in Munich on Friday having treatment at the hands of the celebrated sports doctor, Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt.

Bolt’s withdrawal from the event in Monaco, in which he had been due to run over 200 metres, means he will not now compete again until the first round of the 100m in the Olympic Stadium on Aug 4.

It also means the world is likely to have to wait until then to learn whether Bolt’s slight problem has taken a toll on his ability to defend the three gold medals he won in Beijing. Bolt’s trip to Müller-Wohlfahrt followed his surprise double defeat by training partner Yohan Blake at the Jamaican Olympic trials last weekend, where he was given hamstring-stretching treatment on the Kingston track immediately after the 200m final.

Tyson Gay, the American sprinter who is one of Bolt’s key rivals for Olympic 100m gold, was among those who observed something different about the Jamaican’s running style at the trials. “I found Usain to be a bit laboured,” said Gay. “He gave the impression that he was forcing it, which is unlike him.”

A source close to Bolt confirmed the athlete had flown to Germany for a consultation with Muller-Wohlfahrt yesterday but said the appointment had been “scheduled as a check-up long ago, before he had the problems of last weekend”.
 
The source added that Bolt was suffering only from tightness and was expected to be fully recovered within days.
 
In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, Bolt’s agent, Ricky Simms, played down the seriousness of the injury and said he would be fit and ready for the Olympics.
 
“He had a slightly tight hamstring during the trials and that’s why possibly didn’t push as hard as he could have,” said Simms. “He was just protecting that. The main thing at the trials was to get through and get on the team for the Olympic Games.
 
“His coach decided that he needs to get a little bit of massage and treatment on that and rest up, and then train again hard next week so that he’s ready for the Olympic Games.”
 
Simms’ comments will reassure Olympic organisers, for whom the loss of Bolt to injury would be an enormous blow.
 
Bolt, who has a congenital curvature of the lower spine which caused persistent problems with his hamstrings at the start of his career, has been seeing Muller-Wohlfahrt since he was 16 and flies to Germany for check-ups at least twice a year.
 
The back and hamstring problem is kept under control by daily exercises, though a flare-up in 2010 forced him to cut short his season a month early and was blamed for his sluggish start to 2011.
 
Bolt’s latest trip to Munich comes just a day after marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe visited Müller-Wohlfahrt’s clinic for treatment on a painful osteoarthritis condition in her left foot which could threaten her participation in the London Games. Like Bolt, Radcliffe is a regular patient of the doctor, having first consulted him 17 years ago.
 
Müller-Wohlfahrt, who has a pair of Puma spikes signed by Bolt in his surgery, told ESPN in December that over the years he had become a fringe member of the Jamaican’s support team, treating his aches and pains and providing biomechanical analysis.
 
“The first time he came nobody knew him but his coach sent him here to ask me whether it was worth it to train him,” said Müller-Wohlfahrt. “He [the coach] was not sure whether he was able to train very, very hard. I said, ‘If he does this and this exercises, then yes he can’. So he started to do exercises and then the success grew more and more.”
 
Nicknamed “Healing Hans” for his restorative powers, Müller-Wohlfahrt has become the doctor of choice for numerous sporting A-listers including footballers Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen and Ronaldo, and the 2004 double Olympic champion, Dame Kelly Holmes.
 
Müller-Wohlfahrt has claimed that five of the eight 100m finalists at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin were patients of his.
 
But his methods are not without controversy because his treatment commonly involves injecting homeopathic preparations into the injured area, including the controversial substance Actovegin, which is derived from calves’ blood.
De higher a monkey climbs is de less his ass is on de line, if he works for FIFA that is! ;-)

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    Mock casualties are treated by the emergency services during a drill in preparation for the London Olympics in February. An Islamist terror suspect in Britain charged with breaking restrictions on his movements had crossed through London's Olympic Park five times, newspapers reported Sunday. (AFP Photo/Ben Stansall)

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An Islamist terror suspect in Britain charged with breaking restrictions on his movements had crossed through London's Olympic Park five times, newspapers reported Sunday.

The 24-year-old -- named only as CF -- is suspected of being a militant for Somalia's Al-Qaeda-allied Shebab rebels, The Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Mirror said.

He is one of nine people suspected of being a risk to national security who are subject to Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIM) -- legal orders which restrict movements, contacts and computer use.

The Sunday Mirror said he was a British jihadist. The Sunday Telegraph said he comes from a large Somali family in north London.

CF was deported from Somalia back to Britain in March last year.

He served two months in jail for a previous absconding offence before being released and placed under the TPIM restrictions and ordered to live in Norwich, eastern England.

He wears an electronic tag allowing the authorities to track his movements.

CF was arrested again last month and charged with five separate breaches of an order banning him from using the train route which passes through the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London.

The alleged offences occured between April and May.

He is due to be prosecuted later this year.

CF is to challenge the banning order at the High Court on Monday, newspapers reported.

Following his arrest, a lawyer for the Home Office warned that CF was committed to "Islamist extremism".

In papers lodged in the High Court proceedings, he said Home Secretary Theresa May believes that were it not for his TPIM restrictions, CF "would re-engage in terrorism-related activities, either in the UK or Somalia".

It could not be said that he has "renounced his commitment to terrorism", he argued.

"As CF has previously re-engaged in Islamist extremist activity, despite being on bail, previous disruptive action has not been enough to dissuade him from his involvement in Islamist extremism.

A spokeswoman for the state Crown Prosecution Service said: "CF has been charged with five offences of breaching his TPIM. He is next in (criminal) court on July 27."

The London 2012 opening ceremony will take place on the same day.

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Updated T&T Olympic Squad Details!
« Reply #32 on: July 08, 2012, 07:15:15 PM »
With new 2012 T&T National 400m Champion clocking a PB and Olympic A Standard yesterday (go here to watch video: http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=73392-Mens-400m-Section-2-USATF-National-Club-Track-and-Field-Championships-201), here is our update T&T Olympic Squad including events they are qualified to take part in.

TEAM T&T:

Athletics

Richard Thompson (100m; 4x100m), Keston Bledman (100m; 4x100m), Rondell Sorillo (100m; 200m; 4x100m), Mark Burns (100m; 4x100m), Renny Quow (400m; 4x400m), Deon Lendore (400m; 4x100m), Wayne Davis II (110m hurdles), Jehue Gordon (400m hurdles), Lalonde Gordon (400m; 4x400m), Emmanuel Callendar (4x100m), Machel Cedenio (4x400m), Ade Alleyne-Forte (4x400m), Semoy Hackett (100m; 200m; 4x100m), Kai Selvon (100m; 200m; 4x100m), Michelle-Lee Ahye (100m; 4x100m), Kelly-Ann Baptiste (100m; 4x100m), Janeil Bellille (400m hurdles), Ayanna Alexander (triple jump), Cleopatra Borel-Brown (shot put), Reyare Thomas (4x100m), Sparkle Mc Knight (4x100m); Dexter Voisin (manager), Dr Ian Hypolite (head coach), Edwin Skinner (sprint/hurdles coach), Gunness Persad (sprint/hurdles coach), Ismael Lopez Mastrapa (throws coach)

Boxing
Carlos Suarez (Light Flyweight 46-49kg); Reynold Cox (manager/coach), Raulson Dopwell (coach)

Cycling
Njisane Phillip (sprint, keirin); Peter Maharaj (manager/coach)

Sailing
Andrew Lewis (laser); Kairon Serrette (manager), Fernando Alegre (coach)

Shooting
Roger Daniel (50m pistol, 10m air pistol); Altansetseg Byambajav (manager/coach)

Swimming
George Bovell III (100m backstroke, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle); George Bovell II (manager/coach)
 
Officials
Annette Knott (chef de mission, CDM), Wendell Labastide (assistant to CDM)

Medical Team
Dr Terry Ali (chief medical officer), Dr Anyl Gopeesingh (medical officer), Fitzbert Alleyne, Zephyrinus Nicholas, Ian Sharpe, Oba Gulston, Karielle De Bique (massage therapists/physiotherapists), Margaret Ottley (sport psychologist).
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De higher a monkey climbs is de less his ass is on de line, if he works for FIFA that is! ;-)

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With new 2012 T&T National 400m Champion clocking a PB and Olympic A Standard yesterday (go here to watch video: http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=73392-Mens-400m-Section-2-USATF-National-Club-Track-and-Field-Championships-201), here is our update T&T Olympic Squad including events they are qualified to take part in.

TEAM T&T:

Athletics

Richard Thompson (100m; 4x100m), Keston Bledman (100m; 4x100m), Rondell Sorillo (100m; 200m; 4x100m), Mark Burns (100m; 4x100m), Renny Quow (400m; 4x400m), Deon Lendore (400m; 4x100m), Wayne Davis II (110m hurdles), Jehue Gordon (400m hurdles), Lalonde Gordon (400m; 4x400m), Emmanuel Callendar (4x100m), Machel Cedenio (4x400m), Ade Alleyne-Forte (4x400m), Semoy Hackett (100m; 200m; 4x100m), Kai Selvon (100m; 200m; 4x100m), Michelle-Lee Ahye (100m; 4x100m), Kelly-Ann Baptiste (100m; 4x100m), Janeil Bellille (400m hurdles), Ayanna Alexander (triple jump), Cleopatra Borel-Brown (shot put), Reyare Thomas (4x100m), Sparkle Mc Knight (4x100m); Dexter Voisin (manager), Dr Ian Hypolite (head coach), Edwin Skinner (sprint/hurdles coach), Gunness Persad (sprint/hurdles coach), Ismael Lopez Mastrapa (throws coach)

Boxing
Carlos Suarez (Light Flyweight 46-49kg); Reynold Cox (manager/coach), Raulson Dopwell (coach)

Cycling
Njisane Phillip (sprint, keirin); Peter Maharaj (manager/coach)

Sailing
Andrew Lewis (laser); Kairon Serrette (manager), Fernando Alegre (coach)

Shooting
Roger Daniel (50m pistol, 10m air pistol); Altansetseg Byambajav (manager/coach)

Swimming
George Bovell III (100m backstroke, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle); George Bovell II (manager/coach)
 
Officials
Annette Knott (chef de mission, CDM), Wendell Labastide (assistant to CDM)

Medical Team
Dr Terry Ali (chief medical officer), Dr Anyl Gopeesingh (medical officer), Fitzbert Alleyne, Zephyrinus Nicholas, Ian Sharpe, Oba Gulston, Karielle De Bique (massage therapists/physiotherapists), Margaret Ottley (sport psychologist).

I thought Josanne was doing the 100mh in London?

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With new 2012 T&T National 400m Champion clocking a PB and Olympic A Standard yesterday (go here to watch video: http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=73392-Mens-400m-Section-2-USATF-National-Club-Track-and-Field-Championships-201), here is our update T&T Olympic Squad including events they are qualified to take part in.

TEAM T&T:

Athletics

Richard Thompson (100m; 4x100m), Keston Bledman (100m; 4x100m), Rondell Sorillo (100m; 200m; 4x100m), Mark Burns (100m; 4x100m), Renny Quow (400m; 4x400m), Deon Lendore (400m; 4x100m), Wayne Davis II (110m hurdles), Jehue Gordon (400m hurdles), Lalonde Gordon (400m; 4x400m), Emmanuel Callendar (4x100m), Machel Cedenio (4x400m), Ade Alleyne-Forte (4x400m), Semoy Hackett (100m; 200m; 4x100m), Kai Selvon (100m; 200m; 4x100m), Michelle-Lee Ahye (100m; 4x100m), Kelly-Ann Baptiste (100m; 4x100m), Janeil Bellille (400m hurdles), Ayanna Alexander (triple jump), Cleopatra Borel-Brown (shot put), Reyare Thomas (4x100m), Sparkle Mc Knight (4x100m); Dexter Voisin (manager), Dr Ian Hypolite (head coach), Edwin Skinner (sprint/hurdles coach), Gunness Persad (sprint/hurdles coach), Ismael Lopez Mastrapa (throws coach)

Boxing
Carlos Suarez (Light Flyweight 46-49kg); Reynold Cox (manager/coach), Raulson Dopwell (coach)

Cycling
Njisane Phillip (sprint, keirin); Peter Maharaj (manager/coach)

Sailing
Andrew Lewis (laser); Kairon Serrette (manager), Fernando Alegre (coach)

Shooting
Roger Daniel (50m pistol, 10m air pistol); Altansetseg Byambajav (manager/coach)

Swimming
George Bovell III (100m backstroke, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle); George Bovell II (manager/coach)
 
Officials
Annette Knott (chef de mission, CDM), Wendell Labastide (assistant to CDM)

Medical Team
Dr Terry Ali (chief medical officer), Dr Anyl Gopeesingh (medical officer), Fitzbert Alleyne, Zephyrinus Nicholas, Ian Sharpe, Oba Gulston, Karielle De Bique (massage therapists/physiotherapists), Margaret Ottley (sport psychologist).

I thought Josanne was doing the 100mh in London?
I believe she is!
I think that list I posted is not fully uptodate as I simply update an older list with Gordon's 400m details.
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De higher a monkey climbs is de less his ass is on de line, if he works for FIFA that is! ;-)

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Allyuh see the extent to which the Jamaicans are going to ensure the best nutrient for their Olympic team while in London?

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Grace-Foods-and-Services-ships-food-products-to-Olympic-training-camp-in-Birmingham_11904411

Grace Foods and Services ships food products to Olympic training camp in Birmingham
Thumbs up to celebrate a job well done!

Saturday, July 07, 2012


IN keeping with the pledge to supply the pre-Olympic Training Camp in Birmingham with Jamaican food, Grace Foods and Services, the official nutrition sponsor of the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) recently shipped a container of approximately 22 different food products to the United Kingdom.
 
Among the items were the two new commemorative editions of Tropical Rhythms -- Sprinter and Legend -- as well Grace Instant Porridge, Grace Oats, Grace Tea, Grace Chicken Soup and Grace Cock Soup, all of which will bring the welcome flavours of Jamaica to the athletes while they are away from home. A range of other Grace Foods products readily available in Birmingham will supplement goods in this shipment.

Tania Christie, marketing manager of Grace Foods and Services who was on hand to witness the consolidation of the container, said: "We are delighted that Grace Foods will be integral in providing not only great nutrition but a real sense of home as our athletes ready themselves for the Olympics."
 
The athletes will be housed at the University of Birmingham where they will have a chef on call to prepare their meals utilising a combination of products from Jamaica and UK. "What we are sending today will ensure that our athletes are comfortable while they are away. Together with our partners at the University of Birmingham, we have created a meal programme that will give our athletes comfort to deliver great performances," Christie added. "Imagine our athletes waking up to ackee and saltfish, mackerel and boiled bananas, fried dumplings," she exclaimed, while observing employees at the GraceKennedy Distribution Centre in Spanish Town load the container.
 
The shipment being sent to Birmingham is one in a series of initiatives taken on by Grace to assist Jamaican athletes. In January this year, Grace Foods and Services made a pledge of a minimum of $5 million to the JAAA to support athletic programmes across the island from the donation of 10 cents from the sale of seven of Grace's flagship products: Grace Vienna Sausages, Grace 5-5 oz Mackerel, Grace Corned Beef, Grace Franks, Grace 16 oz Tropical Rhythms, Grace Tomato Ketchup and Grace Cock Soup.
 
Grace has also hosted several Food and Nutrition Seminars, in collaboration with Dr Heather Little-White to brief established and upcoming athletes about the importance of good nutrition, and to highlight the importance of having healthy meals to foster good health and facilitate high performance, as well as to assist coaches and family members in understanding the importance of proper nutrition for athletes.
 
Christie was elated at the culmination of sponsorships that have been made to the Jamaican athletic community. "We feel extremely proud to have kept our promise, and that we were able to deliver on such a large scale. This shipment consolidates the Grace commitment to athletics, we are in full support of our standard bearers of the Jamaican flag as they take the world stage and go for gold."
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De higher a monkey climbs is de less his ass is on de line, if he works for FIFA that is! ;-)

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Usain Bolt is declared 'good to go' by his agent to calm injury fears
« Reply #36 on: July 10, 2012, 02:15:33 AM »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/9387963/London-2012-Olympics-Usain-Bolt-is-declared-good-to-go-by-his-agent-to-calm-injury-fears.html

London 2012 Olympics: Usain Bolt is declared 'good to go' by his agent to calm injury fears
Usain Bolt’s agent revealed on Monday night that the triple Olympic champion has made a full recovery from muscle tightness that hampered him at the Jamaican Olympic trials and is training normally and “good to go” to defend his titles in London.
By Simon Hart, Athletics Correspondent
11:59PM BST 09 Jul 2012


Last week, Bolt flew to Munich for treatment by celebrated sports doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt just days after he suffered a double defeat in the 100 metres and 200m at the hands of his training partner, Yohan Blake.
 
Following his 200m loss, his first over the distance outside a qualifying heat since 2007, Bolt was given hamstring-stretching treatment on the Kingston track.
 
A statement was released a few days later to announce that he was being withdrawn from the Diamond League meeting in Monaco on July 20, where he was due to contest the 200m in his final competitive outing before the Olympics.

The sprinter’s subsequent journey to Germany for medical treatment raised fears that the world’s greatest athlete was struggling with a serious problem just weeks before the start of the Olympics.
 
But Bolt’s agent, Ricky Simms, insisted the problem was nothing more serious than a tight hamstring and said that he was fully recovered and training normally.

He added that Bolt was now in London, his usual European base during the summer, and would be remaining there until he joins up with his countrymen at Jamaica’s pre-Olympic base in Birmingham before a few days before opening ceremony. Simms said there were no plans for Bolt to return to Jamaica before the start of the Games.
 
“He’s back to normal, he’s back in full training and he’s good to go,” said Simms, who dismissed reports that Bolt had been suffering from a more serious back problem and that his Olympic prospects had been in jeopardy. “His body is back to normal. The muscle tightness has gone.”
 
The news will be a major relief not just to Bolt’s legion of fans worldwide but to the organisers of the London Games, who charged a top price of £725 for tickets to the men’s 100m final. A race without a fully fit Bolt would have been a bitterly disappointing anti-climax.
 
Simms said last week that, after feeling the hamstring tightness, Bolt had decided not to race flat out during the Jamaican trials for fear of causing further damage.
 
“He had a slightly tight hamstring during the trials and that’s why possibly he didn’t push as hard as he could have,” said Simms. “He was just protecting that. The main thing at the trials was to get through and get on the team for the Olympic Games.
 
“His coach decided that he needs to get a little bit of massage and treatment on that and rest up, and then train again hard next week so that he’s ready for the Olympic Games.”
 
Blake, the world 100m champion and a fellow member of the Racers Track Club in Kingston, took advantage of Bolt’s problem by beating him into second place in both the 100m and 200m.
 
Bolt’s trip to Germany to visit the doctor who is nicknamed ‘Healing Hans’ fuelled the injury speculation but Simms insisted it was a routine check-up that had been booked long before the trials.
 
Bolt has been a regular visitor to Müller-Wohlfahrt’s clinic since he was 16 because he has a congenital curvature of the spine that has been known to have a knock-on effect on his hamstrings.
 
Simms also denied media reports that Bolt’s support team had hoped to speed up the sprinter’s recovery by hiring a mobile ice chamber from a British company.
 
He confirmed that he had indeed been in contact with the company - but that the ice chamber was for the use of other athletes he manages, and not Bolt.
 
Meanwhile, concerns that triple jumper Phillips Idowu, one of Britain’s main gold medal prospects in London, might also be struggling with a serious injury problem have receded after the world silver medallist was named on the entry list for this week’s Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace.
 
Idowu has not competed since hurting his foot when landing awkwardly at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon, in early June, and UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee admitted last week that he was in the dark over the seriousness of the issue.
 
However, the 33-year-old has been confirmed on the entry list for Saturday’s triple jump competition, where he will take on American world champion Christian Taylor in a key Olympic dress-rehearsal.
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De higher a monkey climbs is de less his ass is on de line, if he works for FIFA that is! ;-)

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Jamaican Olympic team announced!
« Reply #37 on: July 10, 2012, 03:17:43 AM »
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Jamaican-Olympic-team-announced

Jamaican Olympic team announced
Jamaica Observer
Monday, July 09, 2012


The Jamaica Olympic Association has announced the delegation to the Games of the 30th Olympiad to be held in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12.

ATHLETICS:  (23 Women)
FRASER-PRYCE       Shelley-Ann    100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay
CAMPBELL-BROWN         Veronica       100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay
STEWART,          Kerron       100m, 4x100m Relay
SIMPSON             Sherone       200m, 4x100m Relay
CALVERT,          Schillonie       4x100m Relay
HENRY-ROBINSON       Samantha       4x100m Relay
WILLIAMS-MILLS    Novlene          400m, 4x400m Relay
WHYTE,          Rosemarie       400m, 4x400m Relay
DAY,             Christine          400m, 4x400m Relay
WILLIAMS,       Shericka          4x400m Relay
LLOYD          Shereefa          4x400m Relay
BLAKE,          Dominique          4x400m Relay
SINCLAIR          Kenia             800m
FOSTER-HYLTON    Brigitte          100m Hurdles
GREAVES       Latoya          100m Hurdles
WILLIAMS,       Shermaine       100m Hurdles
WALKER          Melaine          400m Hurdles
SPENCER,       Kaliese          400m Hurdles
WILSON          Nickiesha          400m Hurdles
WILLIAMS,       Kimberly          Triple Jump
SMITH,          Trecia          Triple Jump
RANDALL,       Allison          Discus
HINDS,          Korine          3,000m Steeplechase

ATHLETICS:  (23 Men)
BLAKE,          Yohan          100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay
BOLT,          Usain          100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay
POWELL,          Asafa          100m, 4x100m Relay
FRATER,          Michael          4x100m Relay
BAILEY-COLE       Kemar          4x100m Relay
CARTER          Nesta          4x100m Relay
WEIR          Warren          200m
HYATT,          Dane             400m, 4x400m Relay
McDONALD,       Rusheen          400m, 4x400m Relay
GONZALES,       Jermaine          400m, 4x400m Relay
NOLAN,          Errol             4x400m Relay
STEELE,          Edino          4x400m Relay
HYLTON,          Riker          4x400m Relay
PARCHMENT,       Hansle          110m Hurdles
RILEY,          Andrew          110m Hurdles
PHILLIPS,          Richard          110m Hurdles
GREEN,          Leford          400m Hurdles
ROBERTSON,       Josef          400m Hurdles
CATO,          Roxroy          400m Hurdles
FORBES          Damion          Long Jump
SCOTT,          Dorian          Shot Putt
SMIKLE,          Traves          Discuss
MORGAN,       Jason          Discuss
SMITH          Maurice          Decathlon

EQUESTRIAN:
ALBERT,          Samantha          Eventing

SWIMMING:
ATKINSON       Alia             100m Breast Stroke

TAEKWONDO:
EDWARDS,       Kenneth          84 kg

DELEGATION OFFICIALS (22):
ANDERSON,       Donald          Chef de Mission
RODNEY,          Compton          Deputy Chef de Mission
HAMILTON,       Merlene          Female Manager
WATTS,          Ludlow          Athletics Team Manager
QUARRIE,       Donald          Athletics Technical Manager
CAMERON       Bertland          Athletics Coach
WILSON          Maurice          Athletics Coach
WESTNEY,       Maurice          Athletics Coach
COLEMAN,       Fitzalbert          Athletics Coach
BLAKE,          Dr. Warren       Chief Medical Officer
SINGH,          Dr. Priamanand       Medical officer
DAWES          Dr. Winston       Medical Officer
DEPASS          Michelle          Physiotherapist
JULIUS          Dr. Karen          Physiotherapist
EDWARDS,       Everald          Masseuer
JAMES,          Gavin          Masseuer
TURNER,          Colin             Masseuer
WATSON,          Patrick          Masseuer
PASMORE       Anthony          Equestrian Team Manager
BERNARD,       Gladstone          Taekwondo Team manager
LYN,             Martin          Swimming Team Manager
ANDERSON       Christopher       Swimming Coach
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De higher a monkey climbs is de less his ass is on de line, if he works for FIFA that is! ;-)

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Wow. Look at that. That is a strong 46 member team.

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Solomon continues Olympics preparations / Burns makes his fourth Olympics
« Reply #39 on: July 10, 2012, 10:37:07 PM »
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2012-07-10/solomon-second-german-400m

Published: Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Solomon second in German 400m


Jarrin Solomon continued his preparations for the London Olympics by setting a new personal best of 45.31 in finishing second in the men’s 400m in the Bottrop Gala meet, Germany on Saturday. Solomon missed the Olympic “A” mark (45.30) by a mere one-hundredth of a second. The 26-year-old local was beaten by top junior Luguelin Santos (Dominican Republic) 45.12 and finished ahead of Liermarin Bonvacia (Netherlands) 45.80. Marc Burns was third in the men’s 100m in 10.08 seconds at the World Athletic Challenge in Madrid, Spain on Saturday.  The veteran sprinter’s time was pushed by an illegal wind of +3.8m/s over the 2.0 legal limit. Cayman Islander sprinter Kemar Hyman dashed to gold in a 9.95, the same clocking of his national record run of 9.95 in the heats (+1.8). Kemar Bailey Cole of Jamaica was second in 9.98 as Caribbean athletes took the top six spots with Burns, Antoine Adams (St Kitts/Nevis) 10.12 and Kimmari Roach (10.16) next. Earlier in the heats Burns was second behind Hyman in 10.16.

Burns makes fourth Olympic team chases history
 
Veteran sprinter Marc Burns qualified for his fourth Olympic Games when he crossed the line fourth men’s 100m finals at the last’s month Sagicor/NGC National Open Championships at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo. The 29-year-old first competed at the quadrennial Games in Sydney, Australia as a 17-year-old. The Belmont Boys/El Dorado Secondary graduate was a member of T&T men’s 4X100m team running in the heats and semifinals.  The 1998 triple Carifta champion anchored the squad to third place in the heats in 39.12 on September 29 and a spot in the semifinals later that day. In the semifinals he ran the third leg passing the stick to four-time Olympic medallist, Ato Boldon, as the quartet sped to a then national record of 38.92.  However, the time was not quick enough to get the outfit in the finals contested the next day. Burns’ Olympic baptism seemed to have blessed him well as later that year at the World Junior Championships in Santiago, Chile, Burns copped bronze in the men’s 100m finals in 10.40, just ahead of compatriot, Darryl Brown, who also clocked 10.40.  The two were part of the men’s 4X100m team which missed out on a medal in taking fourth place in a national junior record of 40.03.
 
He continued his rise into the next year where he was again part of several national record breaking teams.  At the World Championships in Edmonton Canada, the then 18-year-old combined with Boldon, Brown and Jacey Harper to take silver in the men’s 4X100m finals in 38.58, another national mark, improving the 38.60 he set in the heats. At the 2002 World Juniors in Jamaica, Burns improved to second in the men’s 100m finals in 10.18 and was part of the national team, again with Brown, which took bronze in another junior mark of 39.17 bettering the 39.50 clocked in the heats. At his first Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, he was a member of the sprint relay team which finished fifth in 38.97. More records followed in 2003 when he was part of the Pan American Games silver medal team which sped to 38.53, another national record. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, the Auburn University student exited the men’s 100m prelims after false starting in his heat. However, he rebounded to help the 4X100m team to seventh place in the finals in 38.60 after equalling the national record of 36.53 in the heats. 2005 was a stellar year for the Trincity resident as he dipped under 10 second for the first time ever, taking the national title in 9.96 and the World Athletic finals in Monaco in 10.00.
 
The former Richmond Boys Primary School student then made the first of his three World Championships finals in Helsinki, Finland, finishing seventh before anchoring the men’s sprint relay finals to silver in 38.10, yet another national record, the third for the year after clocking 38.28, 38.38 and 38.47.  At his second Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia in 2006, he bagged bronze in the men’s 100m in 10.17 and was also third in the World Cup of Athletics (Athens, Greece) in 10.14. In 2007, he was in another World Championships finals in Osaka, Japan 100m finals taking eighth place.  His finest Olympic moment yet came in Beijing, China taking seventh spot in the men’s 100m finals in 10.07 as Jamaica’s, Usain Bolt, bolted to gold in a world record of 9.69. Burns then helped the men’s 4x100m relay team to silver in 38.06 after lowering the national record to 38.00 in London earlier in the season. His Olympic momentum continued to the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany where he was seventh in a season’s best time of 10.00 with Bolt taking the gold in sensational world record of 9.58. Burns then collected his third World Championship relay medal when the national team finished second in a new national record time of 37.62, as T&T became the third fastest country ever in the event (behind Jamaica and the USA). Burns will be going for his seventh global 100m finals and his 12th final appearance overall (including relays), a feat unmatched by many of the world top sprinters.
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Flagman Diaz seeking Olympic Games sponsor
« Reply #40 on: July 10, 2012, 10:56:00 PM »
Yuh mean to tell me we could afford money for our PM to fly to India to kiss people feet but we cyah afford money to sponsor a man who will be devoted to flying our national flag with pride for the world to see at the London Olympics?

I just hope this Flagman gets the sponsorship money he needs to reach London and represent us as it will be a damn shame especially as we are surposed to be celebrating 50 years of Independence this August!

http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2012-07-10/flagman-diaz-seeking-olympic-games-sponsor

Flagman Diaz seeking Olympic Games sponsor
Published: Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Shernice Thomas


Hubert Peter Diaz, better known as “Flag man”, is currently seeking financial assistance to travel this year’s Olympic Games which is set to kick off in London on July 27. Speaking to the T&T Guardian in an interview last Wednesday, Diaz said it would mean a lot to him to travel to the English city to witness the grand event. Diaz was given the opportunity from the government to accompany the Soca Warriors in Germany at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and said it would be a dream come true if he could bear the national flag during T&T’s athlete parade at the Games.  The 73-year-old retired policeman said that he approached the government this year who told him they could not afford to sponsor his trip due to a lack of funds.“I carried the national flag in Germany and I was hoping to do it in England for the Games. It will be the first time in life that I will go to England.”
 
The Arima resident took up the mantle as national flag bearer following the passing of previous “flag man” and good friend, Gerald Lewis, who died in a car crash in 2000. Diaz revealed how he became Lewis’ successor: “Ten days before Gerald Lewis died, he passed by me and told me he doesn’t know how long he’ll carry the flag again. So he asked if I’ll give him assistance because he said that I was the only person he could trust. So when he was leaving I said ‘Gerald how soon?’ He (Lewis) said ‘you’ll know’. Five days later the police come and tell me ‘your father get knock down on the road’, like he knew he was going to die.” Diaz, a former national walking athlete, says his entire trip will cost approximately $50,000 (TTD) to stay for the duration of the Games from July 27 to August 12. He still needs money to take care of his airfare and accommodation.
Anyone who is willing to donate money to Diaz can do so at any RBC Bank to account number 100079072862441.
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Olympic-bound Bellille tells youths to believe in themselves
« Reply #41 on: July 11, 2012, 10:54:42 PM »
http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,163116.html

Bellille tells youths to believe in themselves
By JONATHAN RAMNANANSINGH
Wednesday, July 11 2012

TRINIDAD and Tobago’s lone Olympic-bound Women’s 400m hurdles representative, Janeil Bellille has called on young track and field athletes to believe in themselves.


Bellille, who leaves with a local contingent of athletes for London tomorrow, admitted that she is still in shock, having qualified to represent this country at the world’s biggest sporting event.

“I’m elated. Sometimes when I train now I just think ‘you’re going to the Olympics’ and I just can’t believe it. It still surprises me. I’m so grateful that God blessed me with this talent and gave me the confidence, willpower and determination to achieve this,” she stated.

In March, the Texas A&M athlete ran under the required Olympic “B” qualifying standard of 56.65 at the Texas Relays. She finished in a time of 55.91. Last year, the National hurdler also dipped below the “B” standard with a 55.80 finish.

Bellille revealed that she eagerly anticipates getting on the tracks in London and putting her best foot forward in the one-lap hurdle event.

“I must say that I’m looking forward to it a lot. This is the biggest competition for any athlete in the world and I’m going to make the best of my opportunity and experience there. I did my part to get there and now I must do my part toward attaining a podium finish. It won’t be easy, but once you put your mind toward something, only then you can achieve it. That’s my motivation,” she added.

Speaking on her chances of medalling at the coveted meet, Bellille indicated that it would be an open 400m event. While she was well aware of the other top international athletes vying for Olympic glory, the flourishing hurdler admitted that on race-day, everyone would have an equal chance of medalling.

“It’s an equal opportunity for all the athletes on the day. At that time it doesn’t matter who’s number one (ranked) and who’s not. Regardless, every athlete has to come out on race day and give their best. I intend to do my best against the world,” continued the national hurdler.

She also explained that her training has significantly intensified ahead of her Olympic campaign. While the hurdler was comfortable with her current form, she admitted that there were still some aspects that needed a bit fine-tuning.

“Training has been coming along nicely so far. I just want to work a little on speeding up between hurdles and ensuring I clear them all properly and in the shortest possible time. I’ll be ready, I must be,” she added.

In conclusion, Bellille challenged the young local track athletes to push themselves competitively toward achieving the impossible.

She revealed that representing Trinidad and Tobago on the world’s stage was no easy task, but she would do so to the best of her abilities. Bellille urged budding athletes to continue working hard and continue striving toward excellence in their respective sporting disciplines.

“Don’t give up. After a while athletes tend to go into a phase where things don’t always work out. This has happened to a lot of athletes and some overcame these obstacles and some didn’t. In my situation, I did overcome and now I’m going to the Olympic Games. I’m so excited, thank God for this opportunity,” said Bellille.

The London-bound hurdler also acknowledged her mother, family members and coaches Blaine Wiley (Southclaine) and Ian Goddard (local) for their continued support and commitment toward her overall athletic development.
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Local senior sports officials are urging Jamaicans to continue supporting the country's track and field athletes even if they do not equal or better their exploits at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

The Beijing Olympics saw Jamaica taking home 11 medals - six gold, three silver and two bronze, including three world records and an Olympic record.

Usain Bolt won three gold medals in world record time, including with the men's 4x100m relay team. Melaine Walker took the 400m hurdles title with an Olympic record.

However, according to G.C. Foster College principal Edward Shakes, Jamaica Netball Association President Marva Bernard and Jamaica Cricket Association secretary Fritz Harris, whose organisations send representatives to international competitions on a yearly basis, there are no guarantees in sports and, as such, athletes for one reason or another can fail to perform.

They said this, however, is no reason for persons to turn their backs on the athletes.

"We have to see our performance of four years ago in China as being extraordinary," said Shakes, who joined Bernard and Harris as guests at a special Gleaner Editors' Forum yesterday focusing on the role of sports in national development.

"It will, therefore, take a lot for us to repeat those efforts. For example, the country is expecting Bolt to defend his 100m, a feat which no other human has done, except for Carl Lewis, who was awarded the gold medal in 1988 after Ben Johnson tested positive for steroids," said Shakes.

"We, therefore, should not put too much pressure on our athletes as, although some of them are great, they are humans."

He added: "They are also young people and, as much as we would like them to, they may not be able to withstand the kind of expectations and pressure we put on them."

Shared sentiments

Harris, who, along with the other participants in the forum, spoke on factors which have assisted, as well as plagued the development of sports in the country, shared Shake's sentiments.

"Athletes will have their own challenges, some known, some unknown. It therefore means that we need to be patient with our athletes, and treat them well whether or not they achieve the milestones they did at the last Olympics," he said.

Bernard, in the meantime, suggested the country should treat athletes as if they were their own children.

"I fear that if the athletes fall short of expectations, the country will come down on them hard," she said.

"But I would like to encourage everybody that if our athletes take the field and fall short, treat them like your children, who have fallen short of expectations."


The trio's call comes months after a declaration at another Editors' Forum by head of Jamaica's delegation to the Olympics, Don Anderson, that the country should be guarded against expecting a repeat of the achievements at the 2008 Games. That declaration, made in May, was one Anderson repeated during a Kiwanis Club of Kingston luncheon two weeks ago.

"Immediately after Beijing, the United States regrouped and set up a committee and the objective, written or unwritten, is to undercut or to regain sprint dominance; take it back from Jamaica," Anderson told The Gleaner at the luncheon.

"I believe we can repeat, but here we are four years down the road, and more than likely the same people that won medals for us are the ones who are going to run again," he added.

The London Olympics will begin on July 27 and end August 12.

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Arrrgh: It's a bad news day for Olympics
« Reply #43 on: July 12, 2012, 11:40:42 PM »
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Arrrgh: It's a bad news day for Olympics
Story Created: Jul 13, 2012 at 12:02 AM ECT

LONDON


With the Olympics just two weeks away, embarrassing logistical problems about security, staff, phones and traffic made the mood yesterday in London as gloomy as the weather.
 
British lawmakers clamoured for an explanation of why the armed forces need to field 3,500 more troops to protect the games, eclipsing the day that US track star Michael Johnson held the Olympic flame aloft at sunrise at the ancient monument at Stonehenge.
 
London's ageing infrastructure kept offering up unpleasant surprises as the main road near Heathrow Airport remained closed following emergency repairs. The British mobile phone company O2, meanwhile, acknowledged that thousands of customers had been affected by outages on its network—a bad omen ahead of the first iPhone games.
 
And then there was the weather. Rain on and off and on again.

London's Hyde Park—the site of outdoor concerts and other live events—has trucked in piles of wood chips to cover a muddy quagmire after the wettest June on record. Someone apparently decided that recreating Woodstock wasn't very Olympic-friendly.
 
Here's a look at the tsunami of bad news.

BRING ON THE TROOPS

British Home Secretary Theresa May confirmed that the government will deploy an additional 3,500 servicemen at the London Olympics amid concerns that a private security contractor had failed to recruit enough staff. The firm G4S had been enlisted to provide the bulk of the 13,200 private security guards across 100 Olympic venues.
 
British lawmakers questioned why the apparent gap in security had surfaced so late.
 
"G4S have let the country down and we have literally had to send in the troops," said opposition Labour Party lawmaker Keith Vaz, demanding to know when the issue was first identified and if G4S—which has millions in contracts from the British government—will suffer any financial penalties.
 
The move brings the total number of armed forces staff at the games to 17,000, dwarfing the 9,500 troops Britain has in Afghanistan.
 
The massive Olympic security operation also will feature 12,000 police, 3,000 volunteers, Typhoon fighter jets, helicopters, two warships and bomb disposal experts.

WELCOME TO BRITAIN: THE LINE FORMS HERE

The British media has been full of bad news lately about the queue, that long line at passport control while entering the island nation.
 
Those lines have been blamed on everything from airline schedules to too much wind, but everyone is looking for a way to bring the wait down. More people than ever used London's Heathrow Airport last year—nearly 70 million passengers– straining its traditional immigration desks.
 
A report from John Vine, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, warned that border staff with only basic training and little immigration experience were being used to cut the length of the queues.
 
But the Home Office insists help is on the way. Starting this weekend, 500 more people will be manning those desks.
 
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET THERE FROM HERE?

London's ageing transport network continued to befuddle planners who have been working–some for years–to get the city spruced up for the games and for the hundreds of thousands of tourists expected.
 
The main road linking Heathrow to London and Olympic Park remained closed. The Highways Agency said repairs had reached a critical stage and would continue on a damaged overpass at least until the weekend.
 
But the big question mark remains as to whether the entire London transport infrastructure can handle the strain. The city's residents are accustomed to overcrowding and delays but tourists may find it shocking, said Tony Travers, a transport expert at the London School of Economics.
 
"At this point, we're in the lap of the gods," Travers said. "The London infrastructure is always led on a wing and a prayer."
 
AND THE RAIN IS A PAIN

The gloomy weather has the entire nation wondering if it will ever get sunny for longer than 15 minutes. The Met Office, Britain's national forecaster, has insisted that the wet start to July does not necessarily mean that it will rain during the Olympics, from July 27 to August 12.
 
"We could have some nice days," Met spokesman Dan Williams said, somewhat hopefully, although stressing it was still too early to offer any Olympic forecasts.
 
"It's understandable that people might feel gloomy, especially since we have had such a disappointing run this month," he admitted.

SO MUCH FOR THE IPHONE OLYMPICS

The scariest development for many has been a mobile phone outage.

British mobile phone company O2 restored its 2G and 3G services after a breakdown that hit some customers for as long as 24 hours Wednesday and yesterday.
 
That's not a good omen for the vast amounts of tweets and photos expected to be sent during what has been dubbed the "Twitter Games." Those responsible for London's fibre optic cables, phone masts and Wi-Fi hotspots are bracing for a tsunami of data.
 
O2 executives have said previously the company spent 50 million pounds (US$79 million) on Olympic-related projects.

IS IT JUST A BAD HAIR DAY OR SHOULD LONDON PANIC?

Historians like to note that with any human endeavour, things go wrong. Martin Polley, an Olympic historian at the University of Southampton, recalled that in the 1948 London Games, organisers forgot to get a union flag for the home team to carry into the stadium. Roger Bannister, who later shattered the four-minute mile, broke into a car to get one for the parade.
 
So is Jacques Rogge, the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), worried about the spate of bad news? Absolutely not.
 
"It's not peculiar for London. We've always had difficulties in the days leading up to the games in the previous games and the games were of an impeccable nature," he said.
 
Besides, there's still time to sort things out.

"We're confident that everything will be fine by the opening ceremony," Rogge said.
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Black power salute remembered ahead of Olympics
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Black power salute remembered ahead of Olympics
Story Created: Jul 13, 2012 at 12:02 AM ECT

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Tommie Smith was the first athlete to run the 200 metres inside 20 seconds, but he'll always be remembered instead for his clenched-fist black power salute on the medal podium at the 1968 Olympics.
 
Smith and fellow black American runner John Carlos wore black gloves and raised their fists during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Games in a protest that electrified the world and became an iconic image for the civil rights movement.
 
Over 40 years later, Smith is in London ahead of this year's Olympics where he attended the first British showing Wednesday of a film that documents the protest.
 
"Salute" shows how gold medal winner Smith, Carlos and the third man on the podium that day, Australian Peter Norman, were shunned by their countries for the defiant statement. Silver medallist Norman wore a human rights badge on the podium in support of the American pair and also was ostracised by the sporting establishment in his home country. He died in 2006.
 
Smith and Carlos were expelled from the Games under pressure from Olympic officials and despite Smith breaking the world record that day by running 19.83 seconds, his career in track slid away and he went on to play in the NFL. Both men suffered abuse at home and had threats against their lives.
 
The film that tells their story was written, directed and produced by the late Norman's nephew, Matt Norman, and originally released in 2008—the 40th anniversary of one of the Olympics' most memorable moments.
 
At the London premier of "Salute" Wednesday and just over two weeks ahead of the start of the 2012 Games, Smith said he thought current 200 world record holder Usain Bolt of Jamaica could break the 19-second barrier in the event. Bolt set his world record of 19.19 seconds in Berlin in 2009.
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Debbie Dunn tests positive - out of US women's 4x400m relay pool
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Lets's prayer none of our don't make that "mistake" at this time. Plz Lord.
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Sorrillo eyes golden glory
« Reply #47 on: July 16, 2012, 12:35:18 AM »
http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,163362.html

Sorrillo eyes golden glory
Sunday, July 15 2012

When Rondell Sorrillo flashed past the finish line in 20.04 seconds at the recent NAAA National Championships at the hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain, he became the national 200 metre sprint king for the fourth time in five years. The day before, Sorrillo captured third place in the premier 100 metres event behind Keston Bledman and Richard Thompson, a clear signal that he is ready for the London Olympics.


This will be Sorillo’s second appearance on the Olympic stage. He competed in Beijing, China, in 2008, where he earned the distinction of being the only man to finish ahead of the phenomenal Jamaican Usain Bolt. This happened in the early rounds of the 200 metres when Bolt coasted in behind Sorrillo to save his energy for the final, which he eventually won in record time.

The road to national prominence has not been easy for the La Brea son-of-the-soil. Throughout his career he has had to battle against poor facilities, inadequate funding, substandard equipment and a sceptical public. Fortunately, he is blessed with a determination and a self-discipline that pushes him to overcome every obstacle in his path and drives him to higher levels of achievement. These qualities are reflected not only in his outstanding athletic career, but also in his academic success. He is currently completing undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky, United States, and expects to graduate in 2013. He has already obtained an Associate Degree in the same field from the University of Trinidad and Tobago.

For now, however, he is fully focussed on the London Olympics and is looking forward to competing in both the 200 metre sprint and the 4x100 metre relay. Following his performance at the NAAA championships, he told Sunday Newsday, “I know that I have a lot more to give in the 200 metres because I was tired after running the 100 the day before. I am really looking forward to the Olympics, especially the sprint relay. I am more confident and a lot less nervous than I was four years ago and I believe that I am as good as anyone else at the Olympics. I am feeling good and I intend to do my best.”

Sorrillo attributes his success to his family and the people of La Brea. His father, Kelvin Sorrillo, a school teacher and former athlete, has been guiding his career from the very beginning.

The senior Sorrillo is very proud of his son’s achievements.

“Rondel has always been a very disciplined and determined individual. He works very hard and he takes his training very seriously. He was never a boastful person and he prefers to let his running do the talking,” the elder Sorrillo told Sunday Newsday.

The proud father firmly believes that his talented son will be climbing the medal rostrum at the London Olympics.

He added, “Rondel is in great shape and at 26 years old he is at his peak. I think he will surprise a lot of people in London”.

The La Brea community is similarly proud of Sorrillo’s achievements and always knew he was destined for the top of the athletic pool locally. This is not surprising, given that the community has had a strong tradition of producing top sportsmen and women. Former national footballers Anthony Rougier and Philbert Jones are from tiny Sobo Village in La Brea, as well as former star of West Indies cricket Gus Logie. On the female side there is former national women’s footballer Tamar Watson.

Another current La Brea resident who originally made his name in neighbouring Point Fortin is Alvin ‘Flash” Daniel, who represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Barcelona Olympics in 1998.
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Much work to do before London is ready
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Much work to do before London is ready
Story Created: Jul 15, 2012 at 11:56 PM ECT

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With the opening ceremony less than two weeks away, there's a mad dash to the finish line at the Olympics and it has nothing to do with sprinters.
 
Hundreds of construction workers are toiling away inside the Olympic Park, laying cables, installing seats and adding the last layers of sparkle and polish to the venues.
 
There's plenty to do.

"It's looking a bit industrial isn't it?" said Chris Allen, a Londoner who came to the edge of the park to have a look. "I am not seeing England's green fields. I do hope it's going to look better."
 
Shades of Athens, where chronic delays pushed workers to the brink to complete preparations in time for the games to start in 2004? Hardly, say London organisers who have prided themselves on finishing their massive construction project ahead of time and on budget. Things may look a bit messy now, they say, but all will be fine by the time the curtain goes up, on July 27, when the torch is lit.
 
"We're not at the stage yet where we're ready to flick the TV on," James Bulley, director of venues for organising committee LOCOG, told The Associated Press. "The athletes aren't ready to start competing yet, either. We want all our venues to look absolutely spectacular and pristine.
 
"The venues are ready. We're now just doing the final setup for the games. We're in a good place. We're on track. There's nothing I'm worried about."
 
The last few weeks and days are all about putting up signs, fitting in the remaining seats and completing the landscaping.
 
"We will be mowing lawns right up to the opening ceremony," LOCOG chairman Sebastian Coe told the AP.
 
The last thing organisers need at this point is a crisis over readiness of the venues. At the moment, they're coping with the fallout from a bungled contract by private security group G4S that forced the government to call in about 3,500 additional troops—many just returned from tours of duty in Afghanistan—to fill the shortfall.
 
A walk through the 560-acre Olympic Park in east London this weekend, between yet another bout of rain showers, showed the scale of what remains to be done: a small army of workers, a sea of white tents, cranes, bulldozers, upturned tables and chairs, humming generators, television cables and rigging, a maze of fences.
 
Paul Gauger, who works for the tourism agency Visit Britain, surveyed a sad-looking wild flower patch near the aquatics center but took it in stride.
 
"This is all cosmetic stuff," he said. "Look! There are some flowers growing over there!"
 
Bulley said the venues, after the construction and fit-out phases, are now in their final "bump-in" period. Television networks from around the world are moving in and cabling the venues for their cameras. LOCOG's "look'" teams are completing the signage and colour schemes. Sports equipment is being shipped in.
 
"We're still putting in seats at probably 10 or so venues," Bulley said. "We're putting in 1,000 seats a day."
 
The "live site" in the Olympic Park—a grassy area where spectators can watch the events on a giant screen and listen to musical entertainment—is also unfinished.
 
"The bump-in looks quite messy, but you leave this to the last stages," Bulley said. "It's always the last thing you do in getting events ready. We want to work these venues right up to when the athletes are coming in so they look as good as possible."
 
Olympic Park isn't the only place getting dolled up.

So is Horse Guards Parade, the ceremonial parade ground a stone's throw from the Prime Minister's Downing Street residence in central London, and site of beach volleyball. It's a temporary venue which requires stands and 5,000 tons of sand brought in from a quarry south of London. Imagine a giant sandbox. Work started only late last month after the Trooping of the Color ceremony marking Queen Elizabeth II's birthday.
 
Another key venue requiring special attention is ExCel. The conference and exhibition centre in the Docklands area is being turned into multiple arenas hosting boxing, judo, table tennis, wrestling, fencing, taekwondo and weightlifting.
 
"We're well advanced," Bulley said. "We'll be ready to hand those arenas over as of early next week. We took the venues later than many of the others. We've always known the period we've had to deliver these venues. We track them very closely. We're in super shape."
 
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge said it's normal for host cities to face a flurry of last-ditch issues.
 
"It's not peculiar for London," he said. "We've always had difficulties in the days leading up to the games in the previous games and the games were of an impeccable nature. This is something that does not worry us. We're confident that everything will be fine by the opening ceremony day."
 
Even Andrew Boff, a member of the London Assembly and vocal critic of the Olympic project, has no doubts.
 
"It's the nature of any games," he said. "They look unfinished before you get there. But the venues are ready. They've been tested. You can do a lot in 12 days. If it weren't ready, Seb Coe would have his Lordship or knighthood taken away."
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T&T 2012 OLYMPIC TEAM

Athletics

Men
—Keston Bledman (100m, 4x100m), Richard Thompson (100m, 4x100m), Rondel Sorrillo (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Marc Burns (100m, 4x100m), Renny Quow (400m, 4x400m), Deon Lendore (400m, 4x400m), Lalonde Gordon (400m, 4x400m), Wayne Davis II (110m hurdles), Mikel Thomas (110m hurdles), Jehue Gordon (400m hurdles), Keshorn Walcott (javelin), Emmanuel Callender (4x100m), Jamol James (4x100m), Jarrin Solomon (4x400m), Machel Cedenio (4x400m), Ade Alleyne-Forte (4x400m)
 
Women—Kelly-Ann Baptiste (100m, 4x100m), Semoy Hackett (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Kai Selvon (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Michelle-Lee Ahye (100m, 4x100m), Josanne Lucas (100m hurdles), Janeil Bellille (400m hurdles), Ayanna Alexander (triple jump), Cleopatra Borel (shot put), Reyare Thomas (4x100m), Sparkle McKnight (4x100m)
 
Officials—Dexter Voisin (manager), Dr Ian Hypolite (head coach), Edwin Skinner (sprints/hurdles coach), Gunness Persad (sprints/hurdles coach), Ismael Lopez Mastrapa (throws coach)

Boxing

Carlos Suarez (light flyweight 46-49kg)

Officials—Reynold Cox (manager/coach), Raulson Dopwell (coach)

Cycling

Njisane Phillip (sprint, keirin)

Official—Peter Maharaj (manager/coach)

Sailing

Andrew Lewis (laser)

Officials—Kairon Serrette (manager), Fernando Alegre (coach)

Shooting

Roger Daniel (50m pistol, 10m air pistol)

Official—Altansetseg Byambajav (manager/coach)

Swimming

George Bovell (50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke)

Official—George Robert Bovell (manager/coach)

Chef de mission—Annette Knott

Assistant to Chef de mission—Wendell Labastide

Medical team—Dr Terry Ali (chief medical officer), Dr Anyl Gopeesingh (medical officer), Margaret Ottley (sports psychologist), Fitzbert Alleyne, Zephyrinus Nicholas, Ian Sharpe, Oba Gulston, Karielle De Bique (massage therapists/physiotherapists)
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Lewis wants to help future Olympians
By RENALDO MATADEEN
Tuesday, July 17 2012

ANDREW Lewis is eager to build the sailing community after the 2012 London Olympics as he wants to help mould future Olympians in the sport.


“I do some mentoring now, but will definitely like to increase my reach. When I am in Trinidad, I would often return to the youth sailing school in Vessigny to lend assistance and mentor young sailors. I always look forward to the opportunity to speak with a group of kids and share my experiences and help them to attain their goals.”

Lewis is the first Laser-class sailor from TT off to the Olympics and is urging an influx of youngsters into the field despite the presence of other conventional sports locally.

“When I was younger I played all sports — football, cricket and even volleyball. Sailing was just another sport. I started learning to sail at age seven and would only really do it when I had time. When I turned nine, my dad got me my own little eight-foot boat. Then I became addicted with an unyielding love for the ocean,” he stated.

The 22-year-old further admitted, “The best part about this sport, for me, is the opportunity to do something I love in an environment that I love. I love the ocean and I am grateful every day for the fact that I am able to do this with my life right now. Sailing also offers you the chance to visit a number of countries around the world to compete.”

Lewis also encouraged academics as he aims to finish his business degree while dabbling in DJ-ing and surfing.

“I do have plans to complete my bachelor’s because I believe that this is extremely important as I prepare for life after sailing,” shared Lewis. He added that he was well prepared and not nervous.

He stated he was beyond excited for the Olympics and indicated he was dedicating his all to his dream.

“Like every young athlete, my dreams and ambitions include winning Olympic gold. As long as I compete, that will be my main focus. All of my efforts will be geared towards that. I would also like to compete in the prestigious Americas Cup and be an integral part to the growth of the sport of sailing in TT,” he ended.
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T&T Olympic Squad arrive safely in Wales for pre-Games Camp!
« Reply #52 on: July 17, 2012, 08:18:52 AM »
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TT athletes safe in Wales
Tuesday, July 17 2012

THE TRINIDAD and Tobago Olympic team are safe in their pre-Games camp in Cardiff, Wales, despite reports recently in the beefing up of security at the Games Village in London, England.


Larry Romany, president of the TT Olympic Committee (TTOC), said yesterday, “the team is currently in Cardiff, Wales.

They are at a private facility and they would not have access to the Games Village.

“They will be going across to London on the 25th,” Romany added.

According to a BBC report yesterday, “police had to deploy extra officers from eight United Kingdom forces at short notice to help with security work for London 2012.

“This follows the news last week that 3,500 troops had been drafted in to plug gaps after private security firm G4S failed to recruit enough guards for the Games.”
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Walcott is now with the rest of the T&T Olympic contingent in Cardiff
« Reply #53 on: July 17, 2012, 08:23:34 AM »
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Thanksgiving service for Walcott on Sunday
Tuesday, July 17 2012

RELATIVES of World Junior champion, Keshorn Walcott, will be hosting a Thanksgiving service on Sunday at the Mission RC Church, Toco, to celebrate Walcott’s golden performance in Barcelona, Spain on Friday.


Walcott, who grew up in Toco, launched a throw of 78.64 to win the coveted gold medal at the World Junior Championships and join an elite group of local athletes to be crowned champions at that competition. Former World 200m champion Ato Boldon, 400m hurdler Jehue Gordon, sprinter Darrel Brown, long jumper Rhonda Watkins and quarter-miler Renny Quow have achieved the same feat.

Walcott is now with the rest of the TT Olympic contingent in Cardiff where they will base before heading to London for the Olympics later this month. The 19-year-old has had a bumper year, winning gold at the National Track and Field Championships in June before securing the same medal at the CAC Junior Championship earlier this month in El Salvador.

Councillor Terry Rondon and the rest of the Toco community wish to give thanks for all Walcott has achieved as he represents the red, white and black with great distinction. Rondon made a donation to Walcott prior to him leaving for Spain and is elated to see a Toco resident excelling on the international stage.
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T&T Olympic athletes settle in Wales
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T&T Olympic athletes settle in Wales
Story Created: Jul 16, 2012 at 10:54 PM ECT


The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic team flew into Wales last weekend as they will be based  in the Vale of Glamorgan as they prepare for the London 2012 Games.
 
The team was given a warm welcome by local school children as they arrived at the Vale Resort in Hensol. A group of excited year six pupils from St Helen's Primary School in Barry had made flags and banners and treated the team to a special performance of an Olympic song and dance that they had prepared.
 
Some of the team's athletes, boxers, sailors and swimmers were also given good luck cards by the children, and teacher Rebecca Benson said: "The children were really looking forward to this chance to meet the team and wish them all well for London 2012. During the last year we have worked on a wide range of Olympic and Paralympic themed activities in school, and we chose to focus on the Trinidad and Tobago team for a project so this is a fantastic way to round off our year."
 
The 50-strong Trinidad and Tobago team is one of 21 countries that the Welsh Government has attracted to Wales for their pre-Games training camps. With the 2014 Commonwealth Games taking place in Glasgow, a conscious effort was made to target Commonwealth countries, such as Trinidad and Tobago, with the intention of developing long-term relationships.
 
During their stay in the Vale, the Trinidad and Tobago athletics team is training at Cardiff's International Sports Stadium, and their track and field stars will also be on show at the stadium's 'Road to London' international athletics meeting which is taking place tomorrow.
 
The Trinidad and Tobago team includes a number of top Olympic medal prospects, such as 100m sprinters Keston Bledman and Richard Thompson and Kelly Ann Baptiste to name a few.
 
Welcoming their presence in Wales, Sports Minister Huw Lewis said: "Camps such as these provide an excellent opportunity to develop our sporting, educational and cultural exchanges with these countries, and I would like to extend a warm Welsh welcome to the Trinidad and Tobago team team. For children and local communities they give us the opportunity to learn more about other nations and provide us with a positive Games legacy for Wales."
 
Lewis added: "It is well known that sport is a major influence on young people and having athletes of global stature training on their doorstep and living in their communities will be hugely inspirational."
 
Vale Resort Sales and Marketing Director Paul Beddoe said: "We are delighted to be able to host the Trinidad and Tobago pre-Olympic training camp which is testament to both our and Wales' fantastic sporting facilities. We wish the team every success in the London 2012 Olympics."
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Warm welcome for T&T Olympians in Wales
« Reply #55 on: July 17, 2012, 09:44:35 AM »
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2012-07-16/warm-welcome-tt-olympians-wales

Warm welcome for T&T Olympians in Wales
Published: Tuesday, July 17, 2012


T&T’s Olympic team members were given a warm welcome by local school children as they arrived at the Vale Resort in Glamorgan, Wales where they are stationed as they prepare for the London 2012 Games.  A group of excited year six pupils from St Helen’s Primary School in Barry made flags and banners and treated the team to a special performance of an Olympic song and dance that they had prepared. Some of the team’s athletes, boxers, cyclists, sailors and swimmers were also given good luck cards by the children, and teacher Rebecca Benson. The 60-strong T&T team is one of 21 countries that the Welsh Government has attracted to Wales for their pre-Games training camps. With the 2014 Commonwealth Games taking place in Glasgow, a conscious effort was made to target Commonwealth countries, such as T&T. The work to attract countries to Wales began several years ago, as Annette Knott, the T&T team’s Chef De Mission, said: “When this journey started three years ago, we always felt that it would have a wonderful ending. While we haven’t finished our journey yet, this has been an excellent experience so far.
 
From day one, everyone has gone out of their way to help us with lovely Welsh hospitality, and we were delighted to be given such a wonderful welcome from the young children of St Helen’s Primary School.” The T&T athletics team is training at Cardiff’s International Sports Stadium, and their track and field stars will also be on show at the stadium’s ‘Road to London’ international athletics meeting which is taking place tomorrow. The T&T team includes a number of top Olympic medal prospects, such as 100m sprinters Keston Bledman and Richard Thompson. Bledman is one of the fastest men in the world this year, having scorched to a career-best 9.86 seconds in Trinidad’s Olympic trials, while Thompson won the 100m silver medal four years ago in Beijing. In addition to their sprint kings, T&T’s other track and field stars include 400m runners Lalonde Gordon and Sparkle McKnight, as well as 400m hurdler Jehue Gordon.
 
Welsh Sports Minister Huw Lewis said: “Camps such as these provide an excellent opportunity to develop our sporting, educational and cultural exchanges with these countries, and I would like to extend a warm Welsh welcome to the T&T team team.”
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Olympic display at Piarco International Airport earns rave reviews
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Olympic display earns rave reviews
Published: Wednesday, July 18, 2012


A photographic display of select Trinidad and Tobago athletes bound for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games is drawing rave reviews at the atrium of the Piarco International Airport. The display, which features six bpTT athlete ambassadors, has captured the interest of travelers, both national and foreign, as well as members of the general public. The Olympic athletes are cyclist Njisane Phillip, sprinter Michelle-Lee Ayhe, quarter-miler Renny Quow and female shotputter Cleopatra Borel-Brown. Shot putt athlete Carlos Greene and swimmer Shanntol Ince will compete in the Paralympic Games which will take place shortly after the Olympics. The eye-catching display features life-size action photographs of the athletes, along with detailed biographical sketches of their sporting careers.
 
Trinidad and Tobago’s achievements at past Olympic games are also recounted in the display, dating back to this country’s first medalist, weightlifter Rodney Wilkes, who won a silver medal in London in 1948. The display, which was made possible by the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, will run until August. Danielle Jones, Manager, Corporate Communications, BP Trinidad and Tobago, said yesterday that the display was meant to generate greater interest and national pride in the herculean efforts of Trinidad and Tobago’s athletes who will be flying the national flag at Olympic and Paralympic Games. “The display at Piarco is one of several initiatives that bpTT is spearheading to fuel the success of our athletes at both games. “Our objective goes beyond sponsorship; it is about supporting and showcasing the best that our nation has to offer. “We are fully supportive of all our Olympic and Paralympic athletes, not only the bpTT athlete ambassadors,” Jones pointed out. Energy company BP Trinidad and Tobago is a sponsor of the T&T Olympic Committee and the T&T Paralympic Committee. Parent company BP is the official Oil and Gas partner of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Knee injury forces Lucas out Olympics
Published: Thursday, July 19, 2012
 
Josanne Lucas, at the Berlin World Championships, where she won the bronze medal. Lucas was ruled out of the London Olympics with a ‘career threatening knee injury’ yesterday. AP PHOTO.
A recurring knee injury has forced World Championships bronze medalist Josanne Lucas out of the 2012 Olympic Games, which are due to start in London, England in just over a week. Lucas sustained the injury while competing in her pet event, the 400 metres hurdles at the Savo Games in Lapinlahti, Finland on July 8. Olympic officials were hoping the 24-year-old Tobago born Lucas would have passed a final fitness test yesterday, which would have allowed  her to be registered as part of the T&T contingent for access into the Olympic Games village. However, a release from the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) stated that Lucas was attended by the head of the team's medical staff, Dr Terry Ali, who assessed the injury and diagnosed it as “career threatening and requiring immediate surgery.” Lucas, who won a bronze medal at the 2009 Berlin World Championships, pulled up after clearing two hurdles in Finland, after experiencing difficulty in her left knee.  
 
 
However, she took her place in the Olympic contingent and was a member of the pre-Games training camp in Cardiff, Wales. The release added that Lucas left Wales and flew to Miami for surgery. T&T Chef-de mission Annette Knott said the news was disheartening for all members of the team. “Athletes all around the world dream all their lives of participating at the Olympic Games. They work very hard to prepare and qualify and to have that snatched away can be gut wrenching.”
Knott added that Lucas remains positive and is eager to rebound from the injury in time for next year's World Championships in Moscow, Russia. “Josanne has an indomitable spirit and even though she was hugely disappointed, she had a positive outlook. She told me that the disappointment of not getting beyond the heats in Beijing, inspired her to go on and win a bronze medal at the 2009 IAAF World Championships. So she is already anticipating that 2013 will be her year.” 
 
 
Lucas’ father, Durly, is expected to join his daughter in Miami today. He said yesterday that both he and his wife, Juliet, will fly out to London along with other family members, since they had already planned to attend the Games. A disappointed Lucas said the news was tough but injuries were part of the process. Among the athletes who will be in the Games Village and was registered yesterday was Keston Bledman. On Friday, Bledman failed to qualify for the 100 metres final at the Aviva London Grand Prix after finishing fourth in his heat. He also skipped the relay after feeling tightness in his leg while in the starting blocks. Bledman flew to Germany for treatment and was diagnosed with a twisted pelvis. TTOC general secretary Brian Lewis said yesterday that Bledman's visit to Germany may have been precautionary. He said if the problem was grave, the TTOC would have been informed. He said he expects Bledman to take his place in the 100 metres final which will have its opening round on August 4.

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Injured Lucas out Olympics
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Injured Lucas out Olympics
Story Created: Jul 19, 2012 at 12:41 AM ECT


Injury has forced Josanne Lucas out of the 2012 Olympic Games, in London, England.
 
In a Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) press release, yesterday, Team T&T's chef de mission, Annette Knott said the injury has to be attended to urgently.
 
"Athletes all around the world dream all their lives of participating at the Olympic Games. They work very hard to prepare and qualify and to have that snatched away can be gut wrenching. It is a career threatening injury that required immediate surgery. The decision was taken following consultation with the head of our medical staff, Dr Terry Ali."
 
Lucas was scheduled to leave London yesterday, for Miami, USA, where she will have knee surgery.
 
At the 2008 Olympic Games, in Beijing, China, Lucas was eliminated in the opening round of the women's 400 metres hurdles. She bounced back the following year, bagging bronze in the same event at the World Championships, in Berlin, Germany.
 
Lucas was expected to compete in the 100m hurdles in London. Now, though, the 28-year-old athlete will have to watch the event on television. Knott said that in spite of the huge disappointment, Lucas has a positive outlook.
 
"Josanne told me a year after the disappointment of Beijing she won the bronze medal at the 2009 IAAF World Championships, so she is anticipating that 2013 will be her year."
 
Yesterday, Knott attended the Delegation Registration Meeting (DRM), in London. The DRM is the final stage of the process before members of the T&T team can enter the Olympic Village.
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