We carried him to the Olympics last year 2012 and benched him (I am willing to overlook last year because we medalled) and now we carry him to the World Champs this year 2013 and benched him yet again.
I am now wondering if Cedenio was ill or injured or something?
This World Champs would have been the perfect opportunity to allow the youth to prove that he is now a man and can handle the responsibility just like what the Jamaicans did with Javon Francis his big rival from his recent junior 400m days who Cedenio has beaten on a few occasions.
So the question now beckons, do we see Machel Cedenio as one of our future 400m stars or not?!
This is why the Jamaicans can excel so consistently because they are prepared to give their talented youths a chance to shine like how they threw Javon Francis in at the deep end and he floated beautifully to help deliver them a 4x400m silver medal.
We can learn so much from the Jamaicans where athletics is concerned.
Why bench one of your most talented youngsters especially when more that one of your senior runners are spent/burnt out and clearly not up to par?
Mixed Zone Interview: Moscow 2013 - Team JAM - 4x400m Men - Final - Silverhttp://www.youtube.com/v/s61zK9eZeEsIAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 Russia 10 AUG 2013 - 18 AUG 2013
Team JAM - 4x400m Men - Final - SilverNow here is a reminder of how a spent and out of form Lalonde Gordon was placed in a position to messed up our vital 2nd leg and lost us a possible medal while the talented youth Cedenio who could have done a much better job was forced to sit on the bench because as folks want to argue he don't have the senior experience.
2013 IAAF World Championships men 4x400m relay FINALhttp://www.youtube.com/v/SuEdsqa1RDgAugust 16, 2013 The 14th IAAF World track and field championships in Moscow, Russia; Athletics: Men's 4x400 meter relay finalGOLD UNITED STATES USA 2:58.71 WL David Verburg Tony McQuay Arman Hall LaShawn Merritt
SILVER JAMAICA JAM 2:59.88 SB Rusheen McDonald Edino Steele Omar Johnson Javon Francis
BRONZE RUSSIA RUS 2:59.90 SB Maksim Dyldin Lev Mosin Sergey Petukhov Vladimir Krasnov4 GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. GBR 3:00.88 Conrad Williams Martyn Rooney Michael Bingham Nigel Levine
5 BELGIUM BEL 3:01.02 Jonathan Borlée Kévin Borlée Dylan Borlée Will Oyowe
6 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TRI 3:01.74 Renny Quow Lalonde Gordon Jehue Gordon Jarrin Solomon7 BRAZIL BRA 3:02.19 Pedro Luiz de Oliveira Wagner Cardoso Anderson Henriques Hugo de Sousa
8 AUSTRALIA AUS 3:02.26 SB Steven Solomon Alexander Beck Craig Burns Tristan Thomas
14th IAAF World Championships RUSSIA Moscow (Luzhniki), RUSSIA 10 AUG 2013 - 18 AUG 2013
Well how on earth is Cedenio meant to get his much needed senior experience then if he is regularly to be brought along for the ride because he qualified to be on the squad but is still left on the bench when some of the seniors are clearly not up to par for one reason or the other?
Here is Javon Francis and the Jamaicans celebrating after the 4x400m relay final.
Jamaica 4x4 team celebrates silver medalhttp://www.youtube.com/v/7jU4xVjdBlIJamaica 4x4 team celebrates silver medal. Calabar High schoolboy Javon Francis was Jamaica's star. The Jamaican team, which also included Rusheen McDonald, Edino Steele and Omar Johnson, stopped the clock in a season best 2:59.88 behind USA, anchored by LaShawn Merritt, 2:58.71, a world leading time.>>>>>>
Now imagine if Cedenio was given his chance how our team could possibly have been celebrating alongside the Jamaicans too and could even have won a silver and not just a bronze medal in the 4x400m Relay.
This was a big opportunity wasted in my eyes to baptize Cedenio and to announce his arrival on the senior stage as a 400m runner as well as to bring home an extra medal.
I hope our team management learn from this. Give the youths a chance especially if the seniors are performing below par!