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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #60 on: August 06, 2024, 12:08:16 PM »
What I like about Jereem is that he is living in the low sub 45 territory. He's on pace to run sub 44. He will need a NR and 43.7 at least to medal.

Matthew Hudson Smith can break the WR.

Keshorn squeezed into the final round with a 83 throw. He's thrown 85 this year. He'll need to throw at least 88 for a medal.

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #61 on: August 06, 2024, 09:38:38 PM »
Matthew Hudson Smith is in imperious form. I'm behind Jereem but Kirani and the Zambian were showing off in their semi- both sub 44. The Zambian may have already run his final. Quincy Hall is in great form too.
Jereem being in lane 9 means he will be running blind and will have to go all out for a medal. He MUST run sub 44 tomorrow.

Keshorn has had a tough year it seems. He got through to the final and now anything is possible. He has to throw with heart.

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #62 on: August 07, 2024, 03:15:41 AM »
Mariam Abdul-Rashid, I making out this Canadian to be Trini.

ps: Canadian Trini
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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #63 on: August 07, 2024, 01:26:47 PM »
Salute Jereem. He almost got a medal. 4th. NR. 43.78. Huge pb. 3rd place was 43.74.

Excellent run Jereem.

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #64 on: August 07, 2024, 01:29:08 PM »
So Close!!!!!! Proud of him regardless. 43.78NR

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #65 on: August 07, 2024, 03:13:24 PM »
So close, So close. Blessings for Your great effort. Now the 4x4.

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #66 on: August 07, 2024, 06:05:07 PM »
History repeating itself again in 1992 Ian Morris broke the NR and placed 4th 2016 Michael Cedeno broke the NR and placed 4th and now Jareem Richards broke the NR and placed 4th the African just out leaning him to get a medal.

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #67 on: August 07, 2024, 06:20:46 PM »
Interesting observation ff. Based on what I seen him do there, the next record he's breaking is Ato's 200m. That long overdue for a break. I think a low 19.7 is possible for him.

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #68 on: August 08, 2024, 01:28:35 PM »
You mean to say we coming back home with guava?

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #69 on: August 08, 2024, 03:31:58 PM »
@Deeks "if something happen to Carnival or fete, we go fix that" . . Paraphrasing Ato.

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« Reply #70 on: August 08, 2024, 04:13:35 PM »
@Deeks "if something happen to Carnival or fete, we go fix that" . . Paraphrasing Ato.

Yes they will, It is a crucial part of the economy. I honestly think that they/society eh care for sports any more. Cricket is an exception. For now.

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« Reply #71 on: August 08, 2024, 04:51:41 PM »
Yeah Deeks. The potential to make an industry out of sport is possible. Globally, sport is way way bigger business than a Carnival and fete. Only in Trinidad because that's what the Trinidad hegemony and majority of people value.

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« Reply #72 on: August 08, 2024, 05:03:47 PM »
 gawd on pitch. The people in power and people with money are not inclined to explore that potential unless they are totally in charge. Other that, not a damn red cent. Our nation is too fractured at the moment to take sports seriously. As a friend told me he can watch the EPL where he can see REAL football.
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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #73 on: August 09, 2024, 07:22:56 AM »
So that ends it folks. Last in the 4x4 and last in the 4x1.

Hopefully this kick starts important conversations in Trinidad. I knew Jereem was the closest we would have gotten to the medals.

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« Reply #74 on: August 09, 2024, 11:20:08 AM »
Yeah Trini1, guess what the Grenadians on social media saying?

Well at the end of the day, we can pride ourselves on having the best Carnival and fete. Trinidad is a carnival nation and the powers will continue to
Provide the resources to keep carnival perfect while sports decline.

I used to believe the same thing Trini, that this will spark conversation. I had faith in that. But one poster pointed that out to me years ago. That poster was right.

Let me put something in perspective. .
Each year at the juniors and seniors we have just over half of the total participants competing in the 100m, and 200m. This is madness. Why? Because there are only 3 spots availablr for each event. So what happens when those athletes spend 1, 2 or even 3 years finishing outside the top 15? They stop running track. This is where someone in the TTNAAA needs to start using their brain. Direct them youths and young seniors to other events. You mean to only a handful of them can run and jump at the sametime? Jamaica has 4 medals in the field events. Including one gold. This is what Ato was talking about when he mentioned that the dominance of that era of Jamaican sprinters caused others who may have chosen sprints, to choose events in the field. Now Jamaica has the numbers for many of the events other than sprints.

If the TTNAAA is that blind and cannot implement some kind of mechanism to get those underachievers from the sprints, to pursue other events, they should not be anywhere near track and field.

Congratulations to Jereem. At any other Olympics, he would have medalled.

I think MLA is calling it after this season. I can't see her ever getting into sub 11 territory again. Maybe she was nursing an injury. She's in the twilight of her career.
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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #75 on: August 09, 2024, 11:25:36 AM »
All those tracks across the country and nothing to show for it. Is our admin is slacking? I don't really follow track like that so I can't be critical but I do know our performances used to be much better in terms of competitiveness.

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #76 on: August 10, 2024, 10:45:49 AM »
It's disappointing. I can't disagree with anything you have said GoP. Carnival is king for us but if only they could see the benefit of sports. Carnival can only take us thus far once a year but sports can bring in revenue too.

We definitely have to diversify our sprint centered track team. I have seen the efforts since we have hurdlers now, multi-eventers too. Our womens 400m has been historically lackluster. We have the one off field athletes that have performed well in the field at Juinor level like Rhonda Watkins and Che Wickham but then they disappear.
We need diversification but we also need to provide a coaching camp that can allow athletes to train in Trinidad and Tobago and perform on the world stage without having to go to the States/NCAAs.

Soccerman we need to revamp our system from junior on up. Carifta performance has been in decline where we regularly finish behind the Bahamas despite us being the second most populous nation. We have even finished behind Barbados on occasion. That's unacceptable. We should be competing with Jamaica (who might aswell just pull out at this point because we don't give them a challenge).

MLA has been nursing an injury. We have some ladies coming up Leah Bertrand, the twins (going to University of Georgia), Lisa and Xenia Raye.
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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #77 on: August 11, 2024, 11:18:47 AM »
The truth is Trinidadians do not take carnival seriously either they get less than 50,000 visitors a year for carnival half of them is Trinidadians and children of Trinidadian decent if they were serious, they should be getting 100s and 100s of thousands of people each year for carnival 50,000 people for carnival is a joke.

People want to talk about cricket look who is running cricket and look who is running football like i said before once the colonial powers left Trinidad the Barjons took over, everywhere the Barjons took over its all gone to the dogs until the people stand up and remove the Barjons it will remain the same.

If TT was serious, they would do like Jamaica and hire a real professional coach not some glorified local coach let's see how serious the TTFA is.

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #78 on: August 12, 2024, 02:31:06 PM »
So they bringing in lacrosse, flag football in the next Olympics. Then we should demand netball in the Olympics after LA.

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #79 on: August 13, 2024, 12:53:35 PM »
If that's the case Deeks then the Olympics is becoming Americanized

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #80 on: August 13, 2024, 03:17:44 PM »
I hope Jereem received a hero's welcome when he returned to TT. I seen his interview on Sportsmax, it was hard to not shed a tear. He was distraught. He took on the responsibility of giving the nation hope for a medal. This 4th place and NR is a medal in my books. Some might say this is praising mediocrity, I say NO it isn't.

Please watch this video. #fixtttrackandfield

https://youtu.be/gzoj-AUKL0w?si=XbhC_t-XBhx-axGo

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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #81 on: August 14, 2024, 01:47:49 PM »
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Re: Paris 2024
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Re: Paris 2024
« Reply #83 on: August 16, 2024, 08:26:22 PM »
If that's the case Deeks then the Olympics is becoming Americanized

Breds, money trumps everything.