Sherone Simpson News

At one time, there seemed to be no end in sight concerning the fractious relationship between noted Jamaican athletics coach Stephen Francis and officials from the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association .

Kenny Benjamin , chairman of the Guardsman Group of Companies, presents Olympic and World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser with her lifetime membership certificate to Gymkhana.

Tony Becca, Contributor Jamaica is enjoying success in sports on the world stage that is making bigger and richer, much bigger and much richer countries envious of its achievements and quite rightly so.

Sunday, September 27, 2009 SEOUL: Tyson Gay beat his arch-rival Asafa Powell to win the men's 100 metres at the Daegu Pre-Championship Meeting in the southern Korean city of Daegu late on Friday.

Gay and Jeter win again Running in the last meet of the season, Tyson Gay and Carmelita Jeter each won their respective 100 meter races Friday at the 2009 Colorful Daegu Meeting in South Korea.

The deeply divided community of Waterhouse united as one in hosting a gala homecoming celebration yesterday for one of its favourite daughters, Shelly-Ann Fraser, the 2009 100-metre world champion.

T&Ta TMs Josanne Lucas, left, runs alongside Jamaican Melaine Walker, centre, and Kaliese Spencer in the womena TMs 400-metre hurdles at the VTB Bank World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece, yesterday.

THE MEDAL table does not lie. Jamaica's second-place at the recent World Athletics Championships, ahead of the likes of Great Britain, Germany and Australia, was nothing short of phenomenal.

Asafa Powell ran the 100 meters in 9.99 seconds into a strong headwind on Sunday at the Rieti Grand Prix in Italy, on the same track where the Jamaican star set a then-world record of 9.74 two years ago.

Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser and Asafa Powell won the 100-metre events and headlined a whopping six Caribbean victories at the IAAF Rieti International track and field meeting yesterday.

Asafa Powell ran the 100 meters in 9.99 seconds into a strong headwind on Sunday at the Rieti Grand Prix, on the same track where the Jamaican star set a then-world record of 9.74 two years ago.

Half of all the teams in the men's and women's sprint events failed to get the baton round at the Olympics.

Olympic silver medallist Sherone Simpson recorded her second victory in three days and her teammate Steve Mullings was also a winner as Jamaicans swept both 100-metre races at the Rovereto International meeting on Tuesday.

Jamaica's Olympic 100-metre silver medallist Sherone Simpson clocked a season's best 11.15 seconds to win the women's 100 metres at Sunday's Padua International meeting where there were four Caribbean wins.

OLYMPIC 100 metres silver medallist, Sherone Simpson, led a trio of winning Jamaican athletes at the XXX111 Cittadi Padova Track and Field meet in Italy on Sunday.

Shelly Ann-Fraser, left, and Kerron Stewart, right, run to a 1-2 showing for Jamaica in the 100 semifinals, ahead of Lauryn Williams of the United States.

Raymond Graham, Gleaner Writer AFTER dominating the sprint events at the Beijing Olympics last year, Jamaican athletes are hoping to continue the trend in Berlin and once again the rivalry between them and the United States will take centre stage as the Americans will be seeking to make amends.

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser narrowly holds off countrywoman Kerron Stewart Monday in the 100 metre final.

Two-time Olympic medallist Kerron Stewart says she will be taking the 100 metres round-by-round as she seeks to win gold at these 12th IAAF World Championships.

Veronica Campbell-Brown has put the injuries behind her and feels ready to claim a world championships sprint double, the two times Olympic 200 meters gold medalist said on Friday.