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| 31 | Jan | Thompson, St Fort nab First Citizens Youth Awards Swimmer Jeron Thompson and Track and Field athlete Khalifa St Fort added more hardware to their cabinet after winning the Boys and Girls Youth of the Year awards for 2015 respectively at the First Citizens Sports Foundation Youth Awards held at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, on Friday night. See article … |
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| 31 | Jan | Athletics returns to Dwight Yorke Stadium The newly laid blue track at the Dwight Yorke Stadium will see its first taste of action when the Tobago Primary Schools Track and Field Championships take place on February 18. See article … |
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| 30 | Jan | Thompson, St Fort cop Youth Awards Top Junior female sprinter Khalifa St Fort and Carifta standout Jeron Thompson doubled up on their awards when they added the First Citizens Youth Female and Male awards respectively to their trophy cabinet. See article … |
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| 30 | Jan | REAL THREAT - Boldon sees Thompson pushing for Rio medal Trinidad and Tobago multiple Olympic medallist Ato Boldon is confident a reinvigorated Richard Thompson, under a new programme tailored by Boldon himself, could challenge for a medal in the men’s 100 metres dash at this year’s Rio Olympics. See article … |
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| 28 | Jan | TTOC launches athlete development programme The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) will be launching an 18-month Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) pilot project. It is a programme headed by the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC). See article … |
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| 25 | Jan | Olympic 4x400 metres bronze medallists Lalonde Gordon and Jarrin Solomon were in winners' row at indoor meets in the United States, on the weekend. See article … |
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| 23 | Jan | Nero fails to make Olympic cut National long distance runner Tonya Nero will not compete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in August, after not making the qualifying standard at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, yesterday. See article … |
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| 22 | Jan | Maple Leaf proud of School Relay win The Trinidad and Tobago Marathon Committee had their first Secondary School Marathon Relay alongside their International Marathon in an effort to promote distance running in schools on Sunday. See article … |
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| 22 | Jan | Halfway through yesterday's Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, in the United Arab Emirates, Tonya Nero was on course to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games. But a right hamstring injury slowed her considerably in the second half of the 26.2-mile race ... See article … |
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| 20 | Jan | Trinidad and Tobago track stars Michelle-Lee Ahye and Lalonde Gordon lead the world for the 2015/2016 indoor season. See article … |
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| 19 | Jan | Trinidad and Tobago’s Tonya Nero will be on the streets of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, tomorrow night (TT time), bidding for an Olympic berth. See article … |
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| 19 | Jan | Bolt: IAAF failed their athletes Usain Bolt said he felt shocked and let down by the scandal-hit IAAF, but the Jamaican sprinter was against resetting athletics world records as the sport attempts to move on from a doping crisis. See article … |
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| 19 | Jan | Approaching the home stretch of the 34th edition of the T&T International Marathon with the finish line in sight, a group of spectators, who may have been early finishers, started singing calypsonian Lord Funny's ditty: ‘Sweet, Sweet Trinidad, How I love mih country bad.” See article … |
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| 18 | Jan | Kenyans claim TT Marathon crowns Kenyan distance runners, Mark Kipkosgei Chepses and Leah Kigen bettered their respective third place finishes at last year’s edition of the Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon when they strutted to the 2016 men and women’s titles at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, yesterday. See article … |
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| 18 | Jan | Kenyans run away with T&T marathon New champions were crowned when the T&T International Marathon was held yesterday, as the Kenyan pair of Mark Kipkosgei Chepses and Leah Kigen won the men’s and women’s categories respectively. See article … |
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| 18 | Jan | Runners raise funds for TT Olympians President of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTO C), Brian Lewis, made well on his promise to once again complete the gruelling 26.2 mile Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon (TT IM) in a bold effort to raise international awareness towards his ‘10 or more Olympic Gold Medals by 2024 Athlete and Welfare Preparation Fund campaign. See article … |
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| 17 | Jan | AT LAST - Kenyan Chepses finally wins Kenya’s Mark Kipkosgei Chepses finally snapped a series of runner-up placings to clinch his first Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon title in front of Whitehall, Queen’s Park Savannah, yesterday. See article … |
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| 16 | Jan | Champion Rios coming to defend marathon title Defending T&T International Marathon champion Juan Cardona Rios of Colombia will aim for another title when the 34th edition of the race runs off from St Mary’s Junction, Freeport, tomorrow, from 5 am. See article … |
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| 15 | Jan | When participants in the 2016 T&T International Marathon face the starter at St Mary's Junction in Freeport tomorrow, it will be the renewing of a longstanding rivalry between defending champion Juan Carlos Cardona Rios of Colombia and Kenya's Mark Kipkosgei Chepses. See article … |
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| 15 | Jan | Her Excellency to run on Sunday Her Excellency Reema Carmona will lead a six-member relay team from President’s House in the Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon on Sunday. See article … |
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| 14 | Jan | Chief Justice, President’s wife for Marathon Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice Ivor Archie is expected to lend support to the #10Golds24 campaign when he and his family participate in the Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon to raise awareness for the initiative.See article … |
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| 14 | Jan | Chief Justice supports T&T Olympic Drive T&T’s Chief Justice Ivor Archie will lend support to the country’s bid to win ten or more Olympic gold medals by the 2024 Olympic Games (#10Golds24), by competing in the T&T Marathon Relay, on Sunday. See article … |
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| 13 | Jan | Fay-Ann supports TTOC medal drive THE “VIQUEEN of Soca” Fay Ann Lyons-Alvarez, will participate in Sunday’s Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon, which will be staged from St Mary’s Junction in Freeport to the White Hall, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain. See article … |
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| 12 | Jan | Athletes not afraid of going for gold In the high pressured world of Olympic and elite sport where going for gold matters, ‘almost’ do not count. It’s the ability to remain focused in the midst of the chaos. The line between victory and defeat is razor thin. See article … |
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| 11 | Jan | Pan Am champ Borel enjoys defying time and the odds WHEN track and field competition gets underway at Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August, one TT athlete who is unlikely to be overawed in the face of competition against the world ’s best is shot-putter Cleopatra Borel. See article … |
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| 07 | Jan | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis will brave a left hamstring injury as he attempts to complete his second Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon to raise awareness and funds for T&T athletes. See article … |
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| 05 | Jan | Cedenio: TTOC award is my best Christmas gift Quartermiler Machel Cedenio has expressed shock having been named as the T&T Olympic Committee’s (TTOC) choice for Sportsman of the Year 2015. See article … |
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| 05 | Jan | Plans for T&T Olympic Games Park shelved Plans for T&T’s first ever Olympic Park during the Rio Summer Olympic Games has been shelved due to the economic downturn. See article … |
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| 04 | Jan | NAAA celebrates Cedenio and Ahye 2015 exploits Quatermiler Machel Cedenio and sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye were named the men ’s and women’s Athletes of the Year respectively when the National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) held its 18th annual awards ceremony at the Raddison Hotel, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain on Saturday evening. See article … |
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| 03 | Jan | Ahye, Cedenio run off with NAAA top awards Ace women's 100-metre specialist Michelle-Lee Ahye won the Senior Female Athlete of the Year award, while 400m sensation Machel Cedenio walked away with yet another award when he won the male equivalent to the title at the NAAA Annual Awards ... See article … |
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| 03 | Jan | As Trinidad and Tobago’s most prolific track and field stars gear up for yet another Olympic season, the pressure is mounting on this nation’s athletic prospects. Injuries and poor form hindered some of the leading athletes while there were a few impressive showings and potential shown by youngsters. See article … |
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| 02 | Jan | Happy to represent Trinidad - Junior Sportswoman of the Year Khalifa St Fort Khalifa St Fort certainly enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2015, which culminated in her winning the 2015 Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) Junior Sportswoman of the Year award, at a ceremony held at the Port of Spain Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Port of Spain, last Tuesday. See article … |
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| 02 | Jan | Machel Cedenio is on the rise. The 20-year-old 400-metre sprinter followed up his 2014 Junior Sportsman of the Year award with the senior equivalent at the gala last Tuesday evening, however one cannot help but feel that this is just the beginning for the young sprinter. See article … |
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