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  31 Jul

T&TOC hosts social responsibility camp for junior athletes

Fourty young athletes from a number of sporting backgrounds were inspired by a one-week camp themed “Moulding Socially Responsible Athletes”, which was hosted by the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC), and concluded on Saturday, at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya. See article …
T&TOC hosts social responsibility camp for junior athletes
  29 Jul

Olympic journey never easy

An athlete’s journey to the Olympics is never easy. Nor is it short. To be an Olympian means to push every boundary, to dig deep into the reservoirs of soul and mind, to compete with every ounce of energy. See article …
Olympic journey never easy
  28 Jul

Baptiste, Thomas at Sainsbury Games

Trinidad and Tobago’s Kelly-Ann Baptiste snatched the bronze medal yesterday in a hotly contested Women’s 100m final at the Diamond League meet held to commemorate the London Games at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in England. See article …
Baptiste, Thomas at Sainsbury Games
  27 Jul

Baptiste bags London bronze

Trinidad and Tobago track star, Kelly-Ann Baptiste earned bronze in the women’s 100 metres dash at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games IAAF Diamond League meet, in London, England, yesterday. See article …
Baptiste bags London bronze
  27 Jul

Baptiste eyes 100m success in London today

T&T’s Kelly-Ann Baptiste will renew rivalry against the top sprinters in the world when she line-up in the women’s 100 metres today, on the second day at the Anniversary Games in London. See article …
Baptiste eyes 100m success in London today
  27 Jul

McShine in record run

Pilar McShine broke her own national record in the women’s 1,500 metres event, at the Memorial Rasschaert meet, in Ninove, Belgium, yesterday. The Trinidad and Tobago runner returned a time of four minutes, 13.21 seconds to finish fifth in the metric mile. See article …
McShine in record run
  25 Jul

The coach ... from Gasparillo Giving back to the children

Trinidad and Tobago track star, Kelly-Ann Baptiste earned bronze in the women’s 100 metres dash at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games IAAF Diamond League meet, in London, England, yesterday. See article …
The coach

... from Gasparillo Giving back to the children
  24 Jul

T&T hurdler captures world junior title

Jehue Gordon ascended his throne, at the IAAF World Junior Championships, here in Moncton, Canada, late yesterday. See article …
T&T hurdler captures world junior title
  23 Jul

Walcott heads 29 for World Championships

Reigning Olympic men’s javelin champion Keshorn Walcott has been named in a 29-member team by the National Association of Athletic Administrations (NAAA) to represent T&T at the 14th IAAF World Outdoor Championships carded for Moscow, Russia from August 10 to 18.. See article …
Walcott heads 29 for World Championships
  23 Jul

Sport ambassadors visit camps

Olympic gold medallist Hasely Crawford chats with the children after paying an impromptu visit to one of the sports camps organised by the Sports Company of T&T last week. See article …
Sport ambassadors visit camps
  23 Jul

T&T among 11 countries with four teams at Worlds

A new chapter of Trinidad and Tobago history will be written at the 2013 IAAF World Championships, in Moscow, Russia. Never before has the country fielded teams in all four relay events at the global meet. See article …
T&T among 11 countries with four teams at Worlds
  23 Jul

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

In one year’s time, Scotland will stage the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. See article …
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
  23 Jul

Keshorn heads TT Moscow team

Olympic Men’s javelin gold medallist, Keshorn Walcott, will spearhead a 29-member Trinidad and Tobago contingent at the 14th edition of the IAAF World Outdoor Championships, scheduled to take place in Moscow, Russia, from August 10-18. See article …
Keshorn heads TT Moscow team
  23 Jul

Honest truth about running clean

They are ordered to their blocks, the starter’s gun goes off and down the track they go. In Moscow next month, athletes from around the world will be following those instructions. But Tyson Gay will not be among them, neither will Asafa Powell, Veronica Campbell-Brown or Sherone Simpson. See article …
Honest truth about running clean
  23 Jul

Walcott, Lalonde, Jehue, Baptiste in Worlds 29

Olympic medallists Keshorn Walcott and Lalonde Gordon have been included in a 29–member Trinidad and Tobago team for the August 10-18 IAAF World Championships, in Moscow, Russia. See article …
Walcott, Lalonde, Jehue, Baptiste in Worlds 29
  22 Jul

Tobago leg of Olympic camp ends

The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee partnered with the Tobago House of Assembly to host the Tobago leg of the Olympic Youth Camp from July 8-13 at the Shaw Park conference room. See article …
Tobago leg of Olympic camp ends
  22 Jul

No Kim Collins in St Kitts team for World Champs

BASSETERRE—There is no place for former World 100 metres champion Kim Collins in the St Kitts and Nevis team for the 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Moscow next month. See article …
No Kim Collins in St Kitts team for World Champs
  22 Jul

Former record holder pleads for World Champions team

KINGSTON—Former national discus record holder of Jamaica, Jason Morgan, remains optimistic that he would be given an opportunity to represent the country of his birth at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, even though he didn’t compete at the National Championships last month. See article …
Former record holder pleads for World Champions team
  22 Jul

Jamaal James fourth in Oxford

Jamaal James finished fourth in the men’s 800 metres event at the British Milers’ Club 50th Anniversary Grand Prix, in Oxford, England, on Saturday. Running in challenging conditions, the Trinidad and Tobago half-miler returned a time of one minute, 50.15 seconds. See article …
Jamaal James fourth in Oxford
 

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Gordon wins 400m hurdles in Monaco

Jehue Gordon of T&T won the 400 hurdles by stunning Olympic champion Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic and former world champion Kerron Clement of the United States at the Herculis meeting in Monaco, yesterday. See article …
Gordon wins 400m hurdles in Monaco
  19 Jul

Tang-Wing, Jackson among 13 for Senior Olympics

MONICA Tang-Wing and Ruby Jackson are among eleven local masters athletes who will compete at the 2013 US Senior Olympic Games in Cleveland, Ohio set to begin on July 19 and run until August 2. See article …
Tang-Wing, Jackson among 13 for Senior Olympics
  19 Jul

Gatlin wins Monaco 100

Justin Gatlin of the United States proved that he will be the toughest rival for Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt at next month’s world championships by running 9.94 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Herculis meeting yesterday. See article …
Gatlin wins Monaco 100
  19 Jul

Jehue lands a ‘Diamond’ in Monaco

Jehue Gordon sounded a stern warning ahead of next month’s World Championships in Moscow, Russia, when he scorched the track in 48 seconds flat to win the men’s 400 metres hurdles, at the IAAF Diamond League meet, in Monaco, yesterday. See article …
Jehue lands a ‘Diamond’ in Monaco
  18 Jul

Peru courting T&T for Pan Am vote

Peru came courting Trinidad and Tobago’s vote on Wednesday in its bid to host the 2019 Pan American Games in the coastal capital city of Lima. See article …
Peru courting T&T for Pan Am vote
  18 Jul

Quow grabs Dublin gold

Renny Quow won a title at his pet distance for the first time this season when he crossed the line first in the Morton Games men’s 400 metres event, in Dublin, Ireland, yesterday. See article …
Quow grabs Dublin gold
  17 Jul

TTOC boss leads fight against doping

President of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee, Brian Lewis is intent on continuing the nationwide fight against doping, which has once again reared its ugly head. See article …
TTOC boss leads fight against doping
  17 Jul

Boldon, Bailey clash over Gay, Powell

London—Former world 200m champion Ato Boldon says he has sympathy with athletes who fail drug tests by taking supplements. See article …
Boldon, Bailey clash over Gay, Powell
  15 Jul

Farinha 5th in World Youth 200 metres final

Jonathan Farinha finished fifth in the men’s 200 metres final at the World Youth (under-18) Track and Field Championships, in Donetsk, Ukraine, yesterday. The Trinidad and Tobago sprinter got to the line in 21 seconds flat. See article …
Farinha 5th in World Youth 200 metres final
  15 Jul

Horsford, Stanislaus earn T&T CAC Age-Group gold

Tyriq Horsford and Franklyn Stanislaus teamed up for gold in the boys’ 13-14 category at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Age-Group Track and Field Championships, in Curacao, late last month. See article …
Horsford, Stanislaus earn T&T CAC Age-Group gold
  14 Jul

Jamaica leads medal tally at World Youth Champs T&T’s Farinha in 200m final

DONETSK—Jamaica continued its domination of the sprint hurdles, as Marvin Williams clocked a new World Youth leading time of 50.39 seconds to win the Boys’ 400 metres hurdles at the eighth IAAF World Youth Championship yesterday. See article …
Jamaica leads medal tally at World Youth Champs T&T’s Farinha in 200m final
  14 Jul

Carter clocks impressive 100m

MADRID—Nesta Carter of Jamaica clocked a season’s best 9.87 seconds (1.8m/s) to win the Men’s 100 metres at the IAAF World Challenge Meeting in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday. See article …
Carter clocks impressive 100m
  14 Jul

Mason Hall Police Youth Club 10k Sunday

THE Mason Hall Police Youth Club (MHPYC) will stage a national 10k Road Race on Sunday, July 14. See article …
Mason Hall Police Youth Club 10k Sunday
  13 Jul

Jehue, James bag bronze in Europe

Jehue Gordon bagged bronze in the men’s 400 metres hurdles, at the IAAF World Challenge meet, in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. The Trinidad and Tobago athlete got home in 49.17 seconds. See article …
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  12 Jul

Farinha, Clarke in World Youth 200 semis

Jonathan Farinha produced an impressive run in the opening round of the men’s 200 metres event, at the World Youth (under-18) Track and Field Championships, in Donetsk, Ukraine, yesterday. See article …
Farinha, Clarke in World Youth 200 semis
  11 Jul

Parris qualify for World Youth semis

JEMINISE PARRIS qualified for the semi-final round of the women 100- metre hurdles as the eighth IAAF World Youth (Under-18) Championships began in Donetsk, Ukraine yesterday. See article …
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  11 Jul

Parris betters best

Jeminise Parris clocked a personal best 13.89 seconds to finish sixth in heat one in the semifinal round of the women’s 100 metres hurdles, at the IAAF World Youth Track and Field Championships, in Donetsk, Ukraine, yesterday. See article …
Parris betters best
  10 Jul

Baptiste earns silver in Hungary

The Trinidad and Tobago sprint star clocked 11.15 seconds to finish second to Carmelita Jeter, of the United States. Jeter got to the line in 11.07, while another American, Barbara Pierre finished third in 11.15. See article …
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  10 Jul

TT athletes begin World Youth campaign

Trinidad and Tobago’s eight-member athletics team will begin their IAAF World Youth (Under-18) Track and Field Championships campaign in Donetsk, Ukraine, today. See article …
TT athletes begin World Youth campaign
  09 Jul

Minister praises CAC performance

MINISTER of Sport, Anil Roberts, was full of praise for the national CAC athletes who finished third on the medal table with a haul of 13 (five gold, four silver and four bronze) at the Championships which concluded recently in Mexico. See article …
Minister praises CAC performance
  10 Jul

Jeminise Parris in World Youth semis

Trinidad and Tobago’s Jeminise Parris is among the 24 athletes who will compete in today’s women’s 100 metres hurdles semis, at the World Youth (Under-18) Track and Field Championships, in Donetsk, Ukraine. See article …
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  09 Jul

Minister Roberts high in praise for CAC teams

Sport Minister Anil Roberts has praised the achievement of the national track and field team which returned home with 13 medals from the CAC Senior Championships which concluded on Sunday in Mexico. See article …
Minister Roberts high in praise for CAC teams
  09 Jul

IAAF steps up testing in Turkey

Track and field’s governing body says it has stepped up its drug testing in Turkey following abnormal blood profile results detected among the country’s athletes. See article …
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  09 Jul

Parris first on show at World Youth Champs

Jeminise Parris will be the first Trinidad and Tobago athlete on show at the 2013 IAAF World Youth Track and Field Championships, in Donetsk, Ukraine. See article …
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  08 Jul

TT leave for World Youth Champs

TRINIDAD and Tobago’s eight member contingent left for Donetsk, Urkaine for the 8th IAAF World Youth (Under 18) Track and Field Championships left on Saturday afternoon with the expectation of returning with lots of medals. See article …
TT leave for World Youth Champs
  08 Jul

Fyzabad Athletic Games 10K Road Race VIDEO

Kelvin Johnson won yesterday's Fyzabad Athletic Games 10K Road Race. See article …
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  07 Jul

Solomon wins T&T second gold at CAC Champs

Quartermiler Jarrin Solomon won T&T’s second gold medal at the 24th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Athletics Championships yesterday at Morelia, in Mexico. See article …

Solomon wins T&T second gold at CAC Champs
  07 Jul

T&T’s Baptiste fourth in 100m

PARIS—Caribbean athletes posted world leading times and season’s best performances at the Areva Diamond League Meeting yesterday. See article …
T&T’s Baptiste fourth in 100m
  07 Jul

Three more CAC titles for T&T

Emanuel Mayers captured gold for Trinidad and Tobago in the men’s 400 metres hurdles on the third and final day of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Track and Field Championships, in Morelia, Mexico, yesterday. See article …
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  06 Jul

Gold, bronze for TT at CAC

TRINIDAD and Tobago track and field athletes bagged one gold and two bronze on the opening day of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Championships yesterday in Morelia, Mexico. See article …
Gold, bronze for TT at CAC
  06 Jul

Baptiste runs in Paris today

T&T’s Kelly-Ann Baptiste will be action today when she lines-up against two-time Olympic champ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica in the women’s 100 metres at the Areva Meeting in Paris, today. See article …
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  06 Jul

Bolt, James sizzle at Paris Diamond League

Usain Bolt ran the fastest 200 metres of the season yesterday with a time of 19.73 seconds at the Areva Diamond Leauge meet in Paris. See article …
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  06 Jul

Solomon grabs CAC 400 gold

Jarrin Solomon became only the second man from Trinidad and Tobago to earn Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Track and Field Championship 400 metres gold when he topped the field in the men’s one-lap final, in Morelia, Mexico, yesterday. See article …
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  05 Jul

TT athletes begin CAC campaign

THE 24th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Track and Field Championships will get underway today in Morelia, Mexico. See article …
TT athletes begin CAC campaign
  05 Jul

Borel golden again at CAC Championship

Cleopatra Borel retained her Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Track and Field Championship women’s shot put title in Morelia, Mexico yesterday. See article …
Borel golden again at CAC Championship
  04 Jul

Hackett, Borel defend CAC titles

Semoy Hackett and Cleopatra Borel are expected to defend their Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Track and Field Championship titles, on the opening day of the meet, in Morelia, Mexico, today. See article …
Hackett, Borel defend CAC titles
  02 Jul

Horsford grabs CAC age-group bronze

Tyriq Horsford finished third in the Boys 13-14 Heptathlon at the 15th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Age Group Championships in Willemstad, Curacao which ended on Sunday. See article …
Horsford grabs CAC age-group bronze
  02 Jul

Comissiong: CAC team can improve medal haul

GEORGE Comissiong, manager of the 34-member TT team for the 2013 CAC Track and Field Championships, believes this country can better the 14 medals achieved in the 2011 edition. This year’s Championships will be held from July 5-7 in Mexico with the TT team leaving for the tournament tomorrow afternoon. See article …
Comissiong: CAC team can improve medal haul
  01 Jul

Gordon clocks season best in Birmingham

Olympic finalist Jehue Gordon clocked a season’s best time of 49.02 seconds in taking fourth place in the men’s 400 metres hurdles at the Samsung Diamond League seventh leg at the Sainsbury’s Summer Series in Birmingham, England yesterday. See article …
Gordon clocks season best in Birmingham
  01 Jul

Gordon just misses medal with season best

Trinidad and Tobago’s track athletes failed to produce any podium finishes at the IAAF Diamond League’s seventh leg of competition, the Sainsbury Summer Series, which sprinted to a stop in Birmingham, England, yesterday. See article …
Gordon just misses medal with season best
  01 Jul

Gordon in 34-member TT CAC team

Double Olympic bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon, has been named in a 34-member contingent that will represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 24th Central American and Caribbean Senior Track and Field Championships in Morelia, Mexico from July 5 to 7. See article …
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