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BITTER SWEET GOLD
Eight years after silver at Beijing olympics, T&T RELAY team to be awarded top medal
Kwame Laurence :: Trinidad Express :: 25.01.2017Call them the "Golden Quartet".
Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender and Richard "Torpedo" Thompson are set for Olympic 4x100 metres gold.
The Trinidad and Tobago sprinters finished second at the 2008 Beijing Games, in China, but are expected to be upgraded to gold following the International Olympic Committee's disqualification of Nesta Carter and the Jamaica sprint relay team yesterday.
Trinidad and Tobago athlete Aaron Amstrong, second from left, passes the baton to Richard "Torpedo" Thompson during the second heat which qualified the team for a place in the men's 4x100m relay finals in Beijing China 2008. -Photo: DEXTER PHILIP
Aaron Armstrong, who ran for T&T in the qualifying round but was replaced by Callender in the final, will also benefit from the golden promotion.
No official statement on the reallocation of medals has yet been made.
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CELEBRATION TIME: Keston Bledman, left, Emmanuel Callender, Richard "Torpedo" Thompson and Marc Burns celebrate men's 4x100 metres silver at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The Trinidad and Tobago quartet are set to be upgraded to gold following the IOC's disqualification of Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter, yesterday. –Photo: DEXTER PHILIP
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Trinidad and Tobago athlete Aaron Amstrong, second from left, passes the baton to Richard "Torpedo" Thompson during the second heat which qualified the team for a place in the men's 4x100m relay finals in Beijing China 2008. -Photo: DEXTER PHILIP
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