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  30 Jul

Cedenio stunner - Trinidad and Tobago star wins from behind in Stockholm

Machel Cedenio produced a stunning come-from-behind victory at the Bauhaus Athletics IAAF Diamond League meet, in Stockholm, Sweden, yesterday. See article …
Cedenio stunner - Trinidad and Tobago star wins from behind in Stockholm Cedenio stunner - Trinidad and Tobago star wins from behind in Stockholm
  30 Jul

UK Athletics clears Farah

UK Athletics has found no impropriety on the part of Mo Farah after receiving the initial findings of a review into the double Olympic champion's relationship with coach Alberto Salazar, it said yesterday. See article …
UK Athletics clears Farah UK Athletics clears Farah
  29 Jul

St Fort bids for Pan Am Juniors title

Khalifa St Fort opens her bid for the 2015 Pan American Junior Championship women's 100 metres title, tomorrow afternoon (TT time), in Edmonton, Canada. See article …
St Fort bids for Pan Am Juniors title St Fort bids for Pan Am Juniors title
  28 Jul

Serrette: Toronto is just a stepping stone

President of the National Association of Athletic Administration Ephraim Serrette hopes that T&T’s performance at the recently concluded Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada will be a stepping stone for bigger things to come. See article …
Serrette: Toronto is just a stepping stone Serrette: Toronto is just a stepping stone
  28 Jul

Alvin Daniel: Cedenio can beat Kirani James

MACHEL CEDENIO, the 19-year-old 400 metre runner whose athletic career is already glittered with success at the relatively tender age of 19, has the makings of an Olympic 400 metre champion. That is the opinion of Alvin Daniel, one of TT ’s celebrated quarter-milers of a bygone, but not forgotten era. See article …
Alvin Daniel: Cedenio can beat Kirani James
  27 Jul

Golden Relay - Best ever Pan Am haul for T&T

A storming finish from Machel Cedenio in Toronto, Canada, late on Saturday night, propelled Trinidad and Tobago to men’s 4x400 metres gold and the country’s best-ever Pan American Games performance. See article …
Golden Relay - Best ever Pan Am haul for T&T Golden Relay - Best ever Pan Am haul for T&T
  27 Jul

Relay gold gives T&T best Pan Am show

A gold medal run in the Men’s 4x400m final rallied T&T to its most successful showing ever at the Pan American Games at the CIBC Athletics Stadium in Toronto on Saturday night. See article …
Relay gold gives T&T best Pan Am show Relay gold gives T&T best Pan Am show
  27 Jul

Crawford: Sprinters need more endurance work

NATIONAL TRACK legend Hasely Crawford has cited a lack of intense training over the 200 metre distance as Trinidad and Tobago ’s primary downfall in the men and women’s 100m individual events at the just concluded Toronto edition of the Pan American Games. See article …
Crawford: Sprinters need more endurance work
  27 Jul

TT’s best-ever Pan Am medal haul

NATIONAL quarter-miler, Machel Cedenio masterfully anchored Trinidad and Tobago to its third and final gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games, when he defied the odds in the Men ’s 4x400 metre relay final on the penultimate night of action at the CIBC Athletics Stadium in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday. See article …
TT’s best-ever Pan Am medal haul
  26 Jul

Celebration time!

On a day like this, it's heartening to be able to focus on sporting excellence. With a weekend to absorb the ramifications of Friday's prison break and on the 25th anniversary of the coup attempt that ushered in a new level of violence and criminality in this country, results on the field of play again offer us hope for a better, safer, more disciplined and productive Trinidad and Tobago... See article …
Celebration time! Celebration time!
  26 Jul

NAAA extends congratulations to its athletes

The National Association of Athletics Administration of T&T (NAAA) has extended congratulations to T&T’s successful track and field team which competed at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada during the week. See article …
NAAA extends congratulations to its athletes NAAA extends congratulations to its athletes
  26 Jul

Borel gets bronze in Diamond League

After becoming Trinidad and Tobago’s first ever female Pan American gold medallist on Wednesday, field athlete Cleopatra Borel continued her fine run of form when she struck bronze just three days later, this time in the Women’s shot put ... See article …
Borel gets bronze in Diamond League Borel gets bronze in Diamond League
  25 Jul

SPRINT RELAY BRONZE - Hockey men hammer depleted Cuba 13-0

Trinidad and Tobago secured a medal--a belated bronze--in the men's 4x100 metres relay, at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, yesterday. See article …
SPRINT RELAY BRONZE - Hockey men hammer depleted Cuba 13-0 SPRINT RELAY BRONZE - Hockey men hammer depleted Cuba 13-0
  25 Jul

Walcott delivers gold ...Thomas bags hurdles silver

Keshorn Walcott and Mikel Thomas carried T&T’s medal count to six when they won gold in the Javellin and silver in the Men’s 110m hurdles respectively during the Pan American Games at the CIBC Athletics Stadium in Toronto yesterday. See article …
Walcott delivers gold ...Thomas bags hurdles silver Walcott delivers gold ...Thomas bags hurdles silver
  25 Jul

Keshorn hits Pan Am gold

Track and Field continues to be Trinidad and Tobago’s most successful individual sporting discipline at the 2015 Pan American Games as reigning Olympic men’s javelin champion and favourite, Keshorn Walcott, captured gold yesterday... See article …
Keshorn hits Pan Am gold Keshorn hits Pan Am gold
  24 Jul

Local men in 4x1 final

Trinidad and Tobago will bid for precious metal in the Pan American Games men ’s 4x100 metres event, in Toronto, Canada, today. The championship race is scheduled for 8.05pm. See article …
Local men in 4x1 final
  24 Jul

Borel a great example says Serrette

President of the National Association of Athletic Administration (NAAA), Ephraim Serrette was not surprised by Cleopatra Borel’s gold medal winning performance in the shot put at the Pan American Games in Toronto on Wednesday night. See article …
Borel a great example says Serrette Borel a great example says Serrette
  24 Jul

Cedenio takes silver, Kamaria battles into 200 final

FAVOURED MEDALLIST Machel Cedenio lived up to the hype when he blasted Trinidad and Tobago to Pan American Men’s 400 metre silver at the CIBC Athletics Stadium in Toronto, Canada, yesterday. See article …
Cedenio takes silver, Kamaria battles into 200 final Cedenio takes silver, Kamaria battles into 200 final
  21 Jul

GOLDEN BOREL: T&T thrower joins elite Pan Am club

Cleopatra Borel is the very first woman and only the sixth Trinidad and Tobago athlete in history to strike gold at the Pan American Games. She joins cycling's triple gold medallist Roger Gibbon, swimming's two-time champion George Bovell, two other cyclists, Leslie King and Gene Samuel, and weightlifter Rodney Wilkes. See article …
GOLDEN BOREL: T&T thrower joins elite Pan Am club GOLDEN BOREL: T&T thrower joins elite Pan Am club
  25 Jul

GOLDEN BOREL ...Bledman fourth in 100m

Cleopatra Borel claimed T&T’s first gold medal of the 2015 Pan American Games when she threw 18.67m to win the Women’s Shot Put title at the CIBC Athletics Stadium in Toronto last night. See article …
GOLDEN BOREL ...Bledman fourth in 100m GOLDEN BOREL ...Bledman fourth in 100m
  23 Jul

SILVER KID: 19-year-old Cedenio 2nd in Pan Am 400

Machel Cedenio added to Trinidad and Tobago's medal bag at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, yesterday. The 19-year-old athlete clocked 44.70 seconds to seize silver in the men's 400 metres event. See article …
SILVER KID: 19-year-old Cedenio 2nd in Pan Am 400 SILVER KID: 19-year-old Cedenio 2nd in Pan Am 400
  22 Jul

Bledman, Baptiste, McKnight cruise on first day of track

Keston Bledman, Kelly Ann Baptiste and Sparkle McKnight all won their heats to give T&T a strong showing on the opening day of the track and field portion of the Pan American Games at the CIBC Athletics Stadium in Toronto yesterday. See article …
Bledman, Baptiste, McKnight cruise on first day of track Bledman, Baptiste, McKnight cruise on first day of track
  22 Jul

Bledman, Baptiste start Pan Am impressively

TRINIDAD AND Tobago’s medal count at the Pan Am Games is expected to increase significantly today, the second full day of competition in track and field at the Games in Toronto. Sprinters Keston Bledman and Kelly-Ann Baptiste, shot putter Cleopatra Borel and quarter-milers Machel Cedenio and Jarrin Solomon are expected to be in the spotlight contending. See article …
Bledman, Baptiste start Pan Am impressively Bledman, Baptiste start Pan Am impressively
  21 Jul

BLEDMAN, BAPTISTE IN MEDAL HUNT - McKnight sparkles with season's best in 400m hurdles

Trinidad and Tobago track stars, Keston Bledman and Kelly-Ann Baptiste produced solid performances yesterday to establish themselves as medal contenders at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. See article …
BLEDMAN, BAPTISTE IN MEDAL HUNT - McKnight sparkles with season's best in 400m hurdles BLEDMAN, BAPTISTE IN MEDAL HUNT - McKnight sparkles with season's best in 400m hurdles
  21 Jul

Jamaican athletes want to run for another country

Olympic silver medallist Shericka Williams is among three Jamaican athletes who are seeking to compete for the oil rich country of Bahrain. See article …
Jamaican athletes want to run for another country
  19 Jul

REAL DEAL: Ato heaps praises on St Fort

"Khalifa is fearless in a way that I've never seen a young female sprinter, so she goes out there and has fun and truly enjoys it. That's championship pedigree." See article …
REAL DEAL: Ato heaps praises on St Fort REAL DEAL: Ato heaps praises on St Fort
  19 Jul

Sealy in the medal hunt at CAC Juniors

National junior track and field athlete Antonia Sealy currently sits in third position overall in the girls heptathlon 13-14 event after day one of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Age Group Championships at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain, yesterday. See article …
Sealy in the medal hunt at CAC Juniors Sealy in the medal hunt at CAC Juniors
  19 Jul

Sealy snares silver at CAC Age Group - Team title for T&T girls

Antonia Sealy seized silver for Trinidad and Tobago in the Sagicor Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Age Group Championship girls' 13-14 heptathlon, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, yesterday. See article …
Sealy snares silver at CAC Age Group - Team title for T&T girls Sealy snares silver at CAC Age Group - Team title for T&T girls
  19 Jul

Lalonde clocks sub-45 in Belgium

Lalonde Gordon produced his fastest 400 metres clocking this season at the KBC Night of Athletics meet, in Heusden, Belgium, on Saturday. The Trinidad and Tobago quartermiler topped the men's one-lap field in 44.99 seconds, getting home ahead of American Tony McQuay (45.13) and Belgium's Kevin Borlee (45.24). See article …
Lalonde clocks sub-45 in Belgium
  18 Jul

Qiu in CAC Age Group medal hunt

Trinidad and Tobago's Daniel Qiu produced a big 61.04 metres effort in the ball throw to jump into medal contention in the Sagicor Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Age Group Championship Boys 11-12 pentathlon, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, yesterday. See article …
Qiu in CAC Age Group medal hunt Qiu in CAC Age Group medal hunt
  18 Jul

St Fort snares World sprint silver

Seventeen-year-old Khalifa St Fort set a new national Under 18 record to win silver in the Girls 100m sprint at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia on Thursday night. See article …
St Fort snares World sprint silver St Fort snares World sprint silver
  17 Jul

SWEET SILVER - St Fort 2nd in World Youth 100

In still conditions in Thursday night's final, St Fort got home in a fast 11.19 seconds to capture the runner-up spot, behind Candace Hill, the American grabbing gold in a Championship record time of 11.08. Hill's teammate, Jayla Kirkland claimed bronze in a personal best 11.41. See article …
SWEET SILVER - St Fort 2nd in World Youth 100 SWEET SILVER - St Fort 2nd in World Youth 100
  17 Jul

Walcott 4th in Monaco Diamond League

Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott finished fourth in the men’s javelin, at the Herculis IAAF Diamond League meet, in Monaco, yesterday. The reigning Olympic champion threw 83.54 metres in the opening round, but was unable to improve on the mark. The closest he came was in round four when he landed the spear 83.37m. See article …
Walcott 4th in Monaco Diamond League Walcott 4th in Monaco Diamond League
  17 Jul

Injured Jehue to skip Pan Am Games

Jehue Gordon will skip the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada because of injury. See article …
Injured Jehue to skip Pan Am Games Injured Jehue to skip Pan Am Games
  16 Jul

Lalonde breaks T&T 300m record

Lalonde Gordon erased a 23-year-old Trinidad and Tobago record from the books, at the International Meeting de Liège, in Belgium on Wednesday. See article …
Lalonde breaks T&T 300m record Lalonde breaks T&T 300m record
  16 Jul

Walcott, Borel lead T&T to Pan Am Games

A 32-member national track and field team will leave for the Pan American Games in Canada, tomorrow, led by Keshorn Walcott and Cleopatra Borel. See article …
Walcott, Borel lead T&T to Pan Am Games
  16 Jul

Hislop bows out in World Youth semis - St Fort on fire

Akanni Hislop was eliminated in the semi-final round of the boys' 100 metres dash, at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia, late on Wednesday. See article …
Hislop bows out in World Youth semis - St Fort on fire
  14 Jul

Powell wins in 9.87 at Luzern meet

Asafa Powell sprinted away from the field in the final stage to pull off another victory this season, the men's 100m at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meet in Luzern, Switzerland, yesterday. See article …
Powell wins in 9.87 at Luzern meet Powell wins in 9.87 at Luzern meet
  14 Jul

Pan Am athletics team cut - Mark-Baird among trio dropped by APA

The Pan American Games athletics team has been cut from 35 to 32. The three athletes who will not travel to Toronto, Canada for the hemispheric multi-sport event are triple jumper Steve Waithe, discus thrower Emmanuel Stewart and heptathlete Marsha Mark-Baird. See article …
Pan Am athletics team cut - Mark-Baird among trio dropped by APA Pan Am athletics team cut - Mark-Baird among trio dropped by APA
  11 Jul

Thomas, Telesford, Bellille shine at Falcons Invitational

Reyare Thomas and Kamaria Durant pushed each other to personal bests at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, yesterday. See article …
Thomas, Telesford, Bellille shine at Falcons Invitational Thomas, Telesford, Bellille shine at Falcons Invitational
  11 Jul

Solomon golden in Madrid

Jarrin Solomon topped the field in a men’s 400 metres event, at the 33rd Meeting Madrid IAAF World Challenge meet, in Spain, yesterday. See article …
Solomon golden in Madrid
  10 Jul

Olympic champ joins elite 90m club

LYMPIC CHAMPION Keshorn Walcott produced a throw of 90- plus metres on his first attempt, then sat back and watched as his rivals in the Men’s Javelin strove desperately and in vain to match it, at yesterday’s IAAF Diamond League Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. See article …
Olympic champ joins elite 90m club Olympic champ joins elite 90m club
  09 Jul

ELITE CLUB: Walcott hits 90-metre mark

Keshorn Walcott joined the elite 90-metre club, at the Athletissima IAAF Diamond League meet, in Lausanne, Switzerland, yesterday. See article …
ELITE CLUB: Walcott hits 90-metre mark ELITE CLUB: Walcott hits 90-metre mark
  09 Jul

VIDEO: Walcott breaks own national record at Diamond League

Olympic gold medallist Keshorn Walcott set a national record of 90.16 meters in the men's javelin at the IAAF Athletissima Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland on Thursday. See article …
Walcott breaks own national record at Diamond League
  09 Jul

Gatlin shoots down Powell, Gay in 9.75

Justin Gatlin easily beat two big-name rivals by clocking 9.75 seconds in the 100 metres at the Athletissima Diamond League meet yesterday. See article …
Gatlin shoots down Powell, Gay in 9.75 Gatlin shoots down Powell, Gay in 9.75
  09 Jul

Future stars on show at CAC Age Group Champs

Top junior athletes will be on show when the Sagicor Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Age Group Championships takes place at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain, on July 18 and 19. See article …
Future stars on show at CAC Age Group Champs Future stars on show at CAC Age Group Champs
  08 Jul

Future stars in CAC Age Group spotlight

Future track and field stars will be on show at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain on July 18 and 19. See article …
Future stars in CAC Age Group spotlight Future stars in CAC Age Group spotlight
  07 Jul

Borel wins big - Gold as well for Bledman

Cleopatra Borel captured the Istvan Gyulai Memorial women's shot put title, in Hungary, yesterday. Borel produced a big 19.26 metres effort—a new meet record and her best throw in four years—to secure the top spot ahead of American Michelle Carter (19.20m). See article …
Borel wins big - Gold as well for Bledman Borel wins big - Gold as well for Bledman
  07 Jul

The 10-gold gauge

From this weekend, another slew of medals will be on offer for athletes and teams from the Pan American region. The question that comes to my mind is how large a share can the Trinidad and Tobago contingent reasonably be expected to win? See article …
The 10-gold gauge The 10-gold gauge
  06 Jul

Solomon wins in 45.15 ... qualifies for Worlds one-lap

Jarrin Solomon produced his fastest run this season to strike gold in a men's 400 metres race, at the Résisprint International meet, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, on Sunday. See article …
Solomon wins in 45.15 ... qualifies for Worlds one-lap Solomon wins in 45.15 ... qualifies for Worlds one-lap
  04 Jul

Borel throws 19 - beats Olympic champ in Paris

Cleopatra Borel produced her first 19-metre effort this season, at the Meeting Areva IAAF Diamond League meet, in Paris, France, yesterday. See article …
Borel throws 19 - beats Olympic champ in Paris
  02 Jul

BITTER-SWEET - Trinidad and Tobago officially upgraded to Olympic 4x1 silver

It's official! The 2012 Olympic Games men's 4x100 metres silver medal goes to Trinidad and Tobago. See article …
BITTER-SWEET - Trinidad and Tobago officially upgraded to Olympic 4x1 silver BITTER-SWEET - Trinidad and Tobago officially upgraded to Olympic 4x1 silver
  01 Jul

Olympic champion Walcott impresses with ‘iron-spear’

Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott (Rebirth) shone on the final day (Sunday) of the NGC/Sagicor/NAAA Open Track and Field Championships at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo when he set a new T&T all-comers record in winning the men’s javelin. Walcott threw the ‘iron spear’ out to 84.84 metres on his first effort to take the lead and smashed the previous best mark set on T&T soil, his own 84.39m in 2013. See article …
Olympic champion Walcott impresses with ‘iron-spear’ Olympic champion Walcott impresses with ‘iron-spear’
  01 Jul

Nero retains Caricom 10K title

Trinidad and Tobago distance runner Tonya Nero and Guyanese Cleveland Forde retained their female and male titles, respectively, in the 2015 edition of the Caricom 10K, in Barbados, on Sunday. See article …
Nero retains Caricom 10K title
  01 Jul

Bledman, Baptiste lead athletics to Pan Am Games

Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Keston Bledman were the first names to appear on the list of 35 athletes announced yesterday to represent this country at the Pan American Games, which takes place in Toronto, Canada, from July 10-26. See article …
Bledman, Baptiste lead athletics to Pan Am Games
         
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