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.