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  • #16
    Did you ever think that, even with the intense competition at Calabar and then against KC, you guys were not really improving relative to world class quality?!?

    It happens all the time.

    But sometimes all we want to do is win the school competition. Who cares how we compete in the Carifta Games!


    BLACK LIVES MATTER

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Historian View Post
      We ALL know that Jamaica is currently the greatest sprint powerhouse on the planet, a fact that I have emphasized in my posts!

      I had no intention in engaging in another debate on whether Jamaica is a “Sporting Power,” but I’m making this post to clear up something: In every post I’ve made on the matter, I have ALWAYS made it clear that Jamaica is, unquestionably, a “world class” sprinting power! How can anyone deny that? I have also constantly recognized our prowess in netball.

      My contention, and the facts will back that up, is that Jamaica’s record in recent times have been less than stellar or even remotely impressive in MOST other sports! Having a Jamaican individual or team in various events does not make one a powerhouse; it is the results that matter.

      If we could only simultaneously achieve the dominance in, say, two other sporting disciplines as we are having in the sprints and in netball, then we would not be having this discussion!

      And, unlike what two other posters implied, I do not “know it all,” and I don’t pretend to do so. But what I do know is that I follow a wide variety of Caribbean sports and the performance of Caribbean and Latin American sports men and women fairly closely (and not just in track and field, cricket and soccer)!

      Even looking at the Caribbean region, when was the last time we have been a force to reckon with in lawn tennis, swimming (aside from Alia Atkinson), boxing, T&F field events, basketball, volleyball, etc?? For example, at the multi-sports Olympic Games, do we win any type of medals other than in track distances shorter than 400 meters and in relays?

      Please let’s just let this topic rest, because the facts speak for themselves!


      Well it seems as if on your ranking charts there may be only 2 sporting powerhouses?

      USA and Russia?
      ...or is it 1 USA?

      It would be easier if you tell how many 'world sports' there are - (Please list them?)...and how many nations are 'tops' in each of these 'world sports'?

      Aside: I am not sure that Baseball and American Football can be classified as 'world sports'? Ice skating? Curling?

      Which are truly the 'world sports'? ...definition of a 'world sport', please?


      The above, I think, would go a far way in having us all 'on the same page'.
      "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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      • #18
        The *irascible Baz Freckleton died!

        *...but liked by me. Had some great sessions with him at Douggie's bar (National Stadium) and elsewhere.
        "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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        • #19
          Same page and some form of context...lol
          THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

          "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


          "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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