Sports: August 2008 Archives

Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

BEIJING - Jing qi de, the Chinese word for amazing, was Sunday night as Jamaica had another historic outing at the games of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing.

In the women's 100m final, Shelly-Ann Fraser, unknown to Jamaica up to June's National trials, is now the hottest female sprinter in the world.

Fraser, in an impressive display, which she described as the "performance of my life" blew joy in Jamaicans hearts with a stunning 10.78 seconds as tropical storm Fay threatened Jamaica.

Congratulations Usain Bolt - 2008 Olympic Champion


Because of the time difference in China and poor media coverage on certain events, I missed the running of this race live, as did a lot of people. Being Jamaican myself, I am bursting with pride as once again our country has been made proud by our athletes in Beijing. The men's 100 meters finals saw three Jamaican's going for gold. Michael Frater, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell. In the end, Usain Bolt gloriously won, easily setting a new World Record of 9.69 seconds leaving us all to wonder how much quicker he could have ran that race if he was more challenged.

Watch the video of the race inside.........