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When Talent Meets a Great Coach!
Karl, thanks very much for posting these videos, boss.Originally posted by Karl View Post
When I say that I truly love and admire Shelly-Ann Fraser, it is by no means an exaggeration! This young woman is among the greatest female sprinters in history, and this is no simple nationalistic sentiment been expressed here!
Even more remarkable is the fact that her rise has been so meteoric! In fact, unlike the vast majority of the Caribbean senior stars who started their regional and international success with Carifta, Shelly-Ann never ever took part in the Carifta Games.
Looking back, the first time I became aware of this sprinter was during the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan, where she ran a leg on our 4x100-meter relay team. Then came 2008, and the rest is history!
Look at my darling Shelly-Ann today:
2008: Olympic Games 100-meter gold medalist;
2009: IAAF World Championships 100-meter gold medalist;
2012: Olympic Games 100-meter gold medalist;
2012: Olympic Games 200-meter silver medalist in her first outing in this event!
And, let me just add that not only has her 10.70 seconds (ran more than once) made her the fastest Jamaican woman in history, but it has also made her the fourth fastest woman ever, behind only Flo Jo, Carmelita Jeter and Marion Jones.
Nuff, nuff, nuff respect, Shelly-Ann my princess!
Nuff, nuff, nuff respect also for the often unappreciated and much maligned Stephen “Franno” Francis! You are way up on the list of the world’s legendary athletics coaches, whether or not Jamaicans recognize this! (Most Jamaicans rarely recognize the good things anyway, hence our unenviable social, economic and political position in the region today.)
End Note: It is wonderful to see that Aleen Bailey, another of my favorite Jamaicans, is still active on the tracks! I’ll always remember the late 1990s and how Aleen used to drive fear into the hearts of her competitors, sometimes winning those Carifta Games and Pan Am Juniors 100-meter races in her signature one white sock.
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Two things - SAFP has run 10.70 on more than one occasion?!!?Originally posted by Historian View Post
Why do you think Jamaicans don't recognize Franno as one of the world's great coaches?!!? Jamaicans are very knowledgeable about T&F so this one is not difficult for us.
What other "good thing" have we not recognized?
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Most Jamaicans recognize Franno as a good coach. What they don't recognize is that he is a CPA and as far as he is concerned it takes money is more important than medals. What they don't like is his arrogance.Originally posted by Historian View PostKarl, thanks very much for posting these videos, boss.
When I say that I truly love and admire Shelly-Ann Fraser, it is by no means an exaggeration! This young woman is among the greatest female sprinters in history, and this is no simple nationalistic sentiment been expressed here!
Even more remarkable is the fact that her rise has been so meteoric! In fact, unlike the vast majority of the Caribbean senior stars who started their regional and international success with Carifta, Shelly-Ann never ever took part in the Carifta Games.
Looking back, the first time I became aware of this sprinter was during the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan, where she ran a leg on our 4x100-meter relay team. Then came 2008, and the rest is history!
Look at my darling Shelly-Ann today:
2008: Olympic Games 100-meter gold medalist;
2009: IAAF World Championships 100-meter gold medalist;
2012: Olympic Games 100-meter gold medalist;
2012: Olympic Games 200-meter silver medalist in her first outing in this event!
And, let me just add that not only has her 10.70 seconds (ran more than once) made her the fastest Jamaican woman in history, but it has also made her the fourth fastest woman ever, behind only Flo Jo, Carmelita Jeter and Marion Jones.
Nuff, nuff, nuff respect, Shelly-Ann my princess!
Nuff, nuff, nuff respect also for the often unappreciated and much maligned Stephen “Franno” Francis! You are way up on the list of the world’s legendary athletics coaches, whether or not Jamaicans recognize this! (Most Jamaicans rarely recognize the good things anyway, hence our unenviable social, economic and political position in the region today.)
End Note: It is wonderful to see that Aleen Bailey, another of my favorite Jamaicans, is still active on the tracks! I’ll always remember the late 1990s and how Aleen used to drive fear into the hearts of her competitors, sometimes winning those Carifta Games and Pan Am Juniors 100-meter races in her signature one white sock.
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All of that is not news.
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Yup, 2 of my favourite female sprinters there..Comment
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He also has an MBA (Michigan) and a grievance against officialdom resulting from years of sabotage... If we gonna talk it plain, lay all the cards on the table.Comment
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Welcome, Historian!
Franno is certainly a great coach.
btw - Shelly-Ann has her sights set on the 10.64 sec run by Jetter...and hopes to go even faster.
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