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Prime Minister Patrick Manning has sent a warning to Jamaica that Trinidadian athletes will be out to replicate their success at the next Olympics in London.
Manning made the comment to fans who had gathered at the Piarco International Airport yesterday to welcome home the country's sprinters who performed outstandingly at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Jamaican athletes dominated the Games, winning six gold medals to become the toast of the Caribbean, but Manning said T&T would prepare for similar success in 2012.
"Their efforts have placed this country on the world map. I am saying today that the government will continue to assist athletes in this country with their training and preparation so that they can achieve their best and make this country proud," Manning said.
"I must warn Jamaica that they have to look out because our boys will be coming after their medals at the next Olympics. T&T is on the warpath, let them know."
T&T collected two silver medals in Beijing when Richard Thompson followed home Jamaican Usain Bolt in the 100 metres and the sprint relay team copped second in the 4x100 metres event.
The relay team comprised Marc Burns, Keston Bledman, Aaron Armstrong and Emmanuel Callender, who all arrived with Thompson yesterday. Manning and Sports Minister Gary Hunt were on hand to welcome home the athletes.
The sixth member of the team Darrel Brown did not make the trip home as he was having tendon surgery done in Miami.
Thompson paid tribute to the greats of the past who, he said, had made the present possible.
"As Bob Marley's song goes, 'In the future, you can't forget the past'. I would like to pay tribute to Hasely Crawford, Edwin Skinner, Edwin Roberts, Wendell Mottley, Ato Boldon and of course, MacDonald Bailey," Thompson said.
Manning made the comment to fans who had gathered at the Piarco International Airport yesterday to welcome home the country's sprinters who performed outstandingly at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Jamaican athletes dominated the Games, winning six gold medals to become the toast of the Caribbean, but Manning said T&T would prepare for similar success in 2012.
"Their efforts have placed this country on the world map. I am saying today that the government will continue to assist athletes in this country with their training and preparation so that they can achieve their best and make this country proud," Manning said.
"I must warn Jamaica that they have to look out because our boys will be coming after their medals at the next Olympics. T&T is on the warpath, let them know."
T&T collected two silver medals in Beijing when Richard Thompson followed home Jamaican Usain Bolt in the 100 metres and the sprint relay team copped second in the 4x100 metres event.
The relay team comprised Marc Burns, Keston Bledman, Aaron Armstrong and Emmanuel Callender, who all arrived with Thompson yesterday. Manning and Sports Minister Gary Hunt were on hand to welcome home the athletes.
The sixth member of the team Darrel Brown did not make the trip home as he was having tendon surgery done in Miami.
Thompson paid tribute to the greats of the past who, he said, had made the present possible.
"As Bob Marley's song goes, 'In the future, you can't forget the past'. I would like to pay tribute to Hasely Crawford, Edwin Skinner, Edwin Roberts, Wendell Mottley, Ato Boldon and of course, MacDonald Bailey," Thompson said.
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