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James hangs up spikes
Consistent halfmiler done with running after 17 years
Kwame Laurence :: Trinidad Express :: 21.02.2018Jamaal James has called time on his athletics career.
The Trinidad and Tobago half-miler announced his retirement from the sport in a Facebook post this week. He described his career as one of "many highs and a few lows".
James, who graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) with a communication studies degree, finished fifth in the 2005 IAAF World Youth Championship boys' 800 metres final.
"I was the lone athlete from the Western Hemisphere to make the final. I was able to secure this achievement whilst sitting my CXC/GCSE exams at Trinity College, Moka, and attained all eight subjects."
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FLASHBACK: Trinidad and Tobago's Jamaal James, right, and Cuba's Jorge Martinez do battle on the home straight in the 2014 International Twilight Games men's 800 metres event at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain
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