naaatt :: archive :: news :: articles :: 2015 :: 08
| Post | Item | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Aug | IAAF World Championships LIVE UPDATES :: IAAF World Championships LIVE UPDATES See VIDEOS … |
|
|
| 31 | Aug | Solid T&T Manager pleased with overall showing “A very good meet for us.” This is how team manager Dexter Voisin described Trinidad and Tobago's 2015 IAAF World Championship experience, here in Beijing, China. See article … |
|
|
| 31 | Aug | 53 years of sporting excellence As T&T celebrates 53 years of political Independence, we should remind ourselves of the outstanding contributions over this period of our sportswomen and sportsmen in their respective sporting disciplines locally, regionally and internationally. See article … |
|
|
| 31 | Aug | IN STARK contrast to their miserable start, Trinidad and Tobago’s IAAF World Championships campaign ended in joy and relief yesterday, as the Men’s 4x400m Relay squad finished a close second to the United States in the event that brought the curtain down on the nine-day programme in Beijing, China. See article … |
|
|
| 31 | Aug | T&T, J’ca fly Caribbean flag high in Beijing Jamaica picked up a third relay gold in world-leading time as the Caribbean finished among the medals on the final day of competition to conclude a successful IAAF World Championships here yesterday. See article … |
|
|
| 31 | Aug | Women’s success a shot in the arm says Serrette In spite of the paucity of medals at the World Championships, president of the National Association of Athletics Administration (NAAA) Ephraim Serrette believes there is no need to panic. See article … |
|
|
| 31 | Aug | Cedenio delighted at performance Nineteen-year old Machel Cedenio was delighted at his silver medal in yesterday ’s 4 x 400 metres relay at the World Championships here in Beijing. “My first senior World Championships and I got a silver medal. See article … |
|
|
| 30 | Aug | WORTH THE WAIT Silver for record-breaking 4x4 men Lalonde Gordon vowed to not leave China without a medal. At no time during the IAAF World Championship men's 4x400 metres final at the Bird's Nest Stadium here in Beijing, yesterday, was the Trinidad and Tobago quartermiler in danger of cancelling his airline booking. See article … |
|
|
| 30 | Aug | For most of us, the IAAF World Athletics Championships was like a general election: you either won or lost. Yes, there's the consolation of silver and bronze medals for those who fall just short of the top prize, but it meant you were still beaten on the big occasion. See article … |
|
|
| 29 | Aug | COMING OF AGE T&T women strike bronze in 4x1 relay IT has been a long road, and a rough one too, for Kelly-Ann Baptiste. But the pain was eased at the Bird's Nest Stadium here in Beijing, China, yesterday when she teamed up with Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Semoy Hackett for women's 4x100 metres bronze at the 2015 IAAF World Championships. See article … |
|
|
| 29 | Aug | Trinidad and Tobago women won bronze in 4x400 metres final in Beijing. VIDEO Trinidad and Tobago women won bronze in 4x400 metres final in Beijing. The victorious team was interviewed on television. See article … |
|
|
| 29 | Aug | Trinidad and Tobago will bid to close off the 2015 IAAF World Championships in style at the Bird's Nest Stadium here in Beijing, China, today. At 8.25am (TT time), eight teams will line up for the final event at the global meet, the men's 4x400 metres relay, and T &T will be among them. See article … |
|
|
| 29 | Aug | IN 1967, the celebrated English author Sir Neville Cardus wrote that no cricketer had “proven versatility of skill as convincingly as Sobers has done, effortlessly and after the manner born”. See article … |
|
|
| 28 | Aug | Baptiste hails St Fort Bright future for T&T in women's sprinting A glimpse of what lies ahead was provided by Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Michelle-Lee Ahye in Monday's IAAF World Championship women's 100 metres final. There was a time, not long ago, when mere female representation at a major senior global meet was an achievement in itself. See article … |
|
|
| 28 | Aug | Injuries make good athletes moderate We all eagerly awaited the start of the IAAF championships where the world’s best track and field performers were expected to be at their best for this auspicious occasion at the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing, China. See article … |
|
|
| 28 | Aug | 200 Blinder! Thompson 2nd to Schippers on 'Jamaica Day' A strong finish from Dafne Schippers stole women's 200 metres gold from Thompson, the Dutchwoman getting home in a Championship and national record time of 21.63 seconds. See article … |
|
|
| 27 | Aug | Hackett, Thomas out - Focus switches to relays for Team T&T “I executed good,” Hackett told the Express, “but I just wasn't able to finish as strong as I normally do. It was an okay run. Just wasn't feeling 100 per cent going into the race. See article … |
|
|
| 27 | Aug | Kenyan Rotich in field for Bankers Half-Marathon Sports Minister Brent Sancho will be present on Independence morning, next Monday, to officially signal the start of the inaugural Bankers Insurance Half-Marathon. See article … |
|
|
| 27 | Aug | 'Beaver' Bolt Champ beats Gatlin again for 4th 200m gold Usain Bolt added another title to his long list with a dominant performance in the men's 200 metres final, at the IAAF World Championships here in Beijing, China, yesterday. See article … |
|
|
| 26 | Aug | Semoy Hackett is eyeing the IAAF World Championship women's 200 metres final, and believes it might take a national record run to get there. See article … |
|
|
| 26 | Aug | T&T’s four-time Olympic medallist and former World 200 metres champion Ato Boldon, has accepted the role of preparing Richard ‘Torpedo’ Thomspon for next year’s Olympic Games in Rio. See article … |
|
|
| 26 | Aug | GREATEST 400 Cedenio 7th; van Niekerk golden in 43.48 The greatest 400 metres race in history was contested at the Bird's Nest Stadium here in Beijing, China, last night, and Machel Cedenio was part of it. See article … |
|
|
| 26 | Aug | Bledman’s comments shock Olympic boss President of the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC), Brian Lewis, has expressed surprise at statements attributed to sprinter Keston Bledman after he pulled up during the first round of the 100 metres at the World Championships currently being held in Beijing. See article … |
|
|
| 25 | Aug | AGAINST THE ODDS No podium pressure on Cedenio in 400 final Machel Cedenio does not have the best of lane draws for today's IAAF World Championship men's 400 metres final, at the Bird's Nest Stadium here in Beijing, China. See article … |
|
|
| 25 | Aug | Fraser-Pryce cruises in women’s 100m They both lifted their arms to celebrate before the finish line. For Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the 100 metres, this was no big deal. There was so much daylight between Fraser-Pryce and the runner-up, the Jamaican could have walked the last few steps and still taken gold. See article … |
|
|
| 25 | Aug | MACHEL CEDENIO will have had a full day’s rest before facing the starter tomorrow morning (TT time) in the final of the Men’s 400 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing. He will need every bit of it. See article … |
|
|
| 25 | Aug | Screeching halt! Grateful Thomas out at first hurdle Mikel Thomas looked skywards as he crossed the finish line at the Bird's Nest Stadium here in Beijing, China, yesterday. See article … |
|
|
| 25 | Aug | Time to regroup - Greaux exits 200m but hopeful about future Kyle Greaux has a plan he expects will take him to the next level of sprinting, and is keen to implement it ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. See article … |
|
|
| 24 | Aug | HISTORIC FINAL Ahye 5th, Baptiste 6th in century Michelle-Lee Ahye and Kelly-Ann Baptiste combined for 11 seconds of history at the Bird's Nest Stadium, here in Beijing, China, yesterday.See article … |
|
|
| 24 | Aug | Sprint trio looking to put smile on T&T faces Three of T&T’s female athletes will be looking to put smiles on the face of members of the camp when they compete this morning in the semifinals of the women’s 100 metres while another will be looking to sparkle over the 400 metres hurdles. See article … |
|
|
| 24 | Aug | Seven TT athletes storm into semi-finals After a shabby start to their IAAF World Championships campaign in Beijing, China, Trinidad and Tobago’s track stars restored faith in the national contingent as seven athletes stormed into the semi-final rounds of three athletic disciplines. See article … |
|
|
| 24 | Aug | Cedenio in 400 final - Walcott bows out early Machel Cedenio became the youngest Trinidad and Tobago athlete to qualify for an IAAF World Championship 400 metres final when he clocked 44.64 seconds for third spot in the third and final semi-final heat at the Bird's Nest Stadium here in Beijing, China, yesterday. See article … |
|
|
| 24 | Aug | Optimistic Cedenio as Quow, Gordon joins in 400 semis There is optimism that the men’s 400 metres could result in medals for T&T here at the Beijing World Championships. See article … |
|
|
| 23 | Aug | Perfect 400 Cedenio, Quow, Lalonde, McKnight in semis Trinidad and Tobago scored a perfect three from three in the first round of the IAAF World Championship men's 400 metres event, at the Bird's Nest Stadium here in Beijing, China, yesterday. See article … |
|
|
| 23 | Aug | Gordon, Bledman in pain at world championships Two men, one goal, two different problems but sadly the same outcome. Jehue Gordon, the defending World 400 metres hurdles champion, crashed out in the first round in heat two of his event at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China See article … |
|
|
| 23 | Aug | WORLD'S GREATEST Bolt defies odds to win third 100 title The greatest sportsman alive…or dead. There were those who held that view of Usain Bolt, even before yesterday's IAAF World Championship men's 100 metres final. But following his 9.79 seconds golden run at the Bird's Nest Stadium here in Beijing. See article … |
|
|
| 23 | Aug | Rough opening day for TT at ‘Worlds’ TRINIDAD AND Tobago endured arguably the most difficult opening day in the country’s history of competition at major athletic events, when the 15th IAAF World Championships got underway in Beijing, China yesterday. See article … |
|
|
| 23 | Aug | Never doubt the heart of a champion. For that's what yesterday's triumph by Usain Bolt in the men's 100-metre final at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing was all about. See article … |
|
|
| 22 | Aug | Jehue's reign over - Injured Bledman out, bitter over Pan Am Jehue Gordon was under no illusions about the uphill battle he faced at the IAAF World Championships here in Beijing, China. But he is a true warrior, and was not prepared to surrender his title without a fight. See article … |
|
|
| 21 | Aug | MEN'S 4x400 SILVER! IAAF World Championships LIVE UPDATES :: VIDEOS IAAF World Championships LIVE UPDATES See article … |
|
|
| 21 | Aug | Podium target - Ahye leads T&T trio into women’s 100 semis Michelle-Lee Ahye was brimming over with confidence after her opening round run in the IAAF World Championship women's 100 metres dash, here in Beijing, China, yesterday. And the Trinidad and Tobago sprint star had good reason, winning heat three in 10.98 seconds, into a 1.2 metres per second headwind. See article … |
|
|
| 21 | Aug | Borel leads T&T bid in Beijing Shot putter Cleopatra Borel, will begin T&T’s bid for medals at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, when she competes in the qualifying round of her event tonight at 10.10 pm (T&T time). See article … |
|
|
| 21 | Aug | Bledman stands alone - Trinidad and Tobago sprinter relying on God in medal quest Trinidad and Tobago is a sprint nation. For the past two decades, the country has consistently produced global finalists in the men's 100 metres dash. See article … |
|
|
| 21 | Aug | TOUGH OPENER - Champ Jehue in challenging heat Jehue Gordon has a tough first round assignment in his bid to repeat as world champion in the Men's 400 metres hurdles. See article … |
|
|
| 20 | Aug | Good company - Borel fine-tunes with World and Olympic champ Trinidad and Tobago's newly-crowned Pan American Games women's shot put champion, Cleopatra Borel, was in Switzerland during the first half of August, fine-tuning her preparations for the 2015 IAAF World Championships here in Beijing. See article … |
|
|
| 20 | Aug | Relay blow - 4x100 squad depleted as Sorrillo, Telesford injured out An already weakened men’s 4x100 metres relay squad has been dealt a double blow at the 2015 IAAF World Championships here in Beijing, China. See article … |
|
|
| 19 | Aug | Reigning world champion Jehue Gordon enjoys the memories of his 2013 triumph in Moscow, Russia.See article … |
|
|
| 17 | Aug | T&T is among some 13 countries publicly backing Sebastian Coe's campaign to become the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). See article … |
|
|
| 16 | Aug | IAAF accused of ‘burying doping survey’ A survey that revealed up to a third of top athletes admitted using banned performance-enhancing techniques was allegedly suppressed by the sport's governing body. The results of the study showed that 29 to 34 per cent of 1,800 competitors broke anti-doping rules, the Sunday Times and ARD-WDR German TV have claimed. See article … |
|
|
| 13 | Aug | Reyare Thomas was just 20 at the time, and was extremely disappointed to not be part of the Trinidad and Tobago team for the Beijing Games. But she battled on, and was selected on the women's 4x100 metres relay squad for the 2012 London Olympics. See article … |
|
|
| 12 | Aug | Springer sprints to gold at World Masters Sasha Springer sprinted to gold in the women’s 35-39 200 metres event, at the World Masters Athletics Championships, in Lyon, France, on Monday. Springer clocked 24.76 seconds to lead a one-two finish for Trinidad and Tobago, Ayanna Hutchinson earning silver in 25.02. See article … |
|
|
| 12 | Aug | Medal haul impresses NAAA president President of the National Athletics Association of T&T Ephraim Serrette has praised the performances of the national squad after it returned with ten medals from the NACAC Senior Championships in Costa Rica. See article … |
|
|
| 12 | Aug | Walcott, Gordon selected for World Champs OLYMPIC JAVELIN king Keshorn Walcott and reigning World 400-metre hurdles champion Jehue Gordon are among a field of 21 athletes who will represent the twin-island republic at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China from August 22-30. See article … |
|
|
| 12 | Aug | Champ Jehue in Worlds 21 - Boldon named among six coaches in T&T contingent Jehue Gordon is among 21 athletes selected on the Trinidad and Tobago team for the August 22-30 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China. Gordon will defend his men ’s 400 metres hurdles title in Beijing, and is also part of the 4x400m squad. See article … |
|
|
| 11 | Aug | Fraser-Pryce to defend both sprints in Beijing Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will defend both her sprint titles at this month's World Championship in Beijing. This was confirmed yesterday after the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association announced a 53-member team to compete at the August 22-30 showpiece. See article … |
|
|
| 11 | Aug | TRINIDAD AND Tobago’s track and field athletes returned home yesterday with 10 medals attained from this year’s North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Championships which concluded in San Jose, Chile, on Sunday. See article … |
|
|
| 11 | Aug | IAAF bans 28 after 2005, ’07 ‘Worlds’ retests Turning to new technology to uncover previously undetected substances, the IAAF has initiated disciplinary action against 28 athletes after retested samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships found 32 adverse doping findings. See article … |
|
|
| 10 | Aug | T&T third Lalonde, Thomas star at NACAC Champs Lalonde Gordon and Mikel Thomas emerged as the star performers for Trinidad and Tobago as the country finished third on the medal table at the 2015 North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Track and Field Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica. See article … |
|
|
| 10 | Aug | Hackett, McKnight sparkle with silver Semoy Hackett and Sparkle McKnight each won silver medals while Jamaal James and T&T’s Women’s 4x100m team took bronze as the curtain came down on the NACAC Senior Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, last night. See article … |
|
|
| 09 | Aug | DOUBLE GOLD Lalonde, Thomas win at NACAC Champs Lalonde Gordon and Mikel Thomas produced golden runs for Trinidad and Tobago on the second day of the 2015 North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Track and Field Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, yesterday. See article … |
|
|
| 09 | Aug | Thomas, Gordon grab NACAC gold Mikel Thomas and Lalonde Gordon sped to gold medals in the Men’s 110 metres Hurdles and 400m, respectively, while Michelle-Lee Ahye took the Women’s 100m bronze on the second day of the NACAC Senior Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, last night. See article … |
|
|
| 09 | Aug | Lendore wins men’s 400m in Oregon Deon Lendore captured the men’s 400 metres title at the FloTrack Throwdown meet in Oregon, United States, on Saturday. The Trinidad and Tobago quartermiler stopped the clock at 45.77 seconds to finish ahead of Americans Jeremy Wariner (46.03) and Mike Berry (46.10). See article … |
|
|
| 09 | Aug | SILVER SUCCESS Hackett, McKnight sparkle at NACAC Champs Semoy Hackett scorched the track at the 2015 North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Track and Field Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, yesterday, producing a 22.51 seconds national record run to strike silver in the women's 200 metres event. See article … |
|
|
| 08 | Aug | Hutchinson bolts to World Masters gold Ayanna Hutchinson captured the women’s 35-39 100 metres title at the World Masters Athletics Championships, in Lyon, France, on Friday. See article … |
|
|
| 08 | Aug | Ballantyne, Cox to run Venture 5K THE 16TH Annual Venture Credit Union Co-operative Society Limited 5K Run and Fun Walk is scheduled to be run off on Sunday, September 13. See article … |
|
|
| 07 | Aug | NACAC BRONZE Wilson opens T&T medal account Quincy Wilson put Trinidad and Tobago on the medal table in the opening session of the 2015 North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Track and Field Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, yesterday. See article … |
|
|
| 06 | Aug | Mikel Thomas opens his bid for a North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Championship medal in San Jose, Costa Rica, this afternoon. See article … |
|
|
| 06 | Aug | Walcott: Medal bonus was a motivator London Olympic gold medallist Keshorn “Keshie” Walcott believes the medal bonus initiative by the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) was a motivator for local athletes to perform and can drive them to achieve more medal success. See article … |
|
|
| 05 | Aug | Triumph through pain Walcott very proud of Pan Am gold Keshorn Walcott is proud, very proud of his Pan American Games men’s javelin gold medal. See article … |
|
|
| 05 | Aug | Keshorn Walcott is determined to give a good account of himself at the August 22-30 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China. See article … |
|
|
| 04 | Aug | Pan Am junior athletes disappoint Serrette President of the National Association of Athletics Administration (NAAA) Ephraim Serrette said he was disappointed with T&T's showing at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada over the weekend. See article … |
|
|
| 04 | Aug | Lalonde, Thomas, Ahye spearhead NACAC charge Olympic 400 metres bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon, Pan American Games 110m hurdles silver medallist Mikel Thomas and sprint star Michelle-Lee Ahye are among the 34 athletes who will be on show for Trinidad and Tobago at the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Track and Field Championships, in San Jose, Costa Rica. See article … |
|
|
| 04 | Aug | MID what is being dubbed the “biggest leak of blood-test data in sporting history”, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis remains confident in the sport’s governing body following recent allegations that a third of Olympic and World Championship medals in endurance races since 2001 were awarded to competitors with suspicious doping test results. See article … |
|
|
| 03 | Aug | 4x100 bronze 3rd medal for T&T at Pan Am Juniors Nathan Farinha anchored Trinidad and Tobago to bronze in the Pan American Junior Track and Field Championship men's 4x100 metres relay, in Edmonton, Canada, on Sunday night. See article … |
|
|
| 03 | Aug | Borel dedicates Pan Am gold to young athletes Pan American Games gold medallist Cleopatra Borel has described her shot put victory at the championships held in Toronto, Canada, last month as crucial boost to her confidence. See article … |
|
|
| 03 | Aug | IAAF boss knocks ‘joke’ accusations With his federation embattled by widespread doping allegations that could lead to a reshuffle of Olympic and World Championship podiums for more than a decade, IAAF president Lamine Diack defended his organisation's anti-doping record and dismissed the accusations as a “joke” yesterday. See article … |
|
|
| 02 | Aug | Michelle-Lee Ahye was the best of the Trinidad and Tobago athletes on show at the American Track League meet, in Atlanta, United States, on Saturday night. Ahye picked up silver in the women’s 100 metres dash in 11.29 seconds. See article … |
|
|
| 02 | Aug | Khalifa St Forte won the Women’s 100m final at the Pan American Junior Games in Edmonton, Canada on Friday evening. The American-born athlete, who is coached by Ato Boldon, clocked 11.31 to edge American Aleiba Hobbs (11.50) and Teahna Daniels (11.54) into second and third respectively. See article … |
|
|
| 02 | Aug | Gordon determined to defend his title World Athletics Championship 400-metre hurdles victor Jehue Gordon is expressing confidence that he can repeat his winning performance witnessed two years ago in Moscow Russia. See article … |
|
|
| 01 | Aug | Golden Girl St Fort wins at Pan Am Juniors Khalifa St Fort bolted to gold in the women's 100 metres dash at the Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships in Edmonton, Canada, on Friday night. See article … |
|
|
See Events & Results
CARIBSCAPE • Web Design
Copyright © :: National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago
