Sprinting sensations Shaniqua Bascombe and Devin Augustine shared the spotlight on Sunday night at the First Citizens Sports Foundation awards being named the Youth Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year.
Jehue Gordon is eyeing a third Olympic Games. In recent years, the Maraval athlete was based in the United States, but returned to Trinidad and Tobago last year, reuniting with Dr Ian Hypolite, the man who coached him to the men’s 400 metres hurdles world title back in 2013.
Sparkle McKnight has no plans to compete again in 2020. McKnight had a couple solid 400-metre outings during the indoor season, clocking 53.32 seconds in January and 53.54 in February. But the COVID-19 pandemic happened, and preparations for her outdoor campaign were cut short.
Machel Cedenio enjoyed his best season on the track in 2016, the year of the Rio Olympics. Just 20 at the time, the Point Fortin quarter-miler finished fourth in the men’s 400 metres final in a national record time of 44.01 seconds.
THE global covid19 pandemic has not hampered the pursuit of three-time TT Olympian, Mikel Thomas from attaining his International Academy of Sports Science and Technology (AISTS) Master of Advanced Studies in Sport Administration and Technology degree.
Kyle Greaux expects the COVID-19 pandemic to hit him hard in the pocket. Greaux was a men’s 200 metres finalist at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, last October, and was looking forward to competing in high profile, lucrative races during the 2020 season.
Jereem "The Dream" Richards was eagerly anticipating his Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan, this summer. Unfortunately, the rude intervention of COVID-19 forced postponement of the Games, which will now be staged in July/August, next year.
PRESIDENT of the National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) Ephraim Serrette described the cancellation of the 2020 Carifta Games in Bermuda because of covid19 as "unfortunate," but said there will be other avenues for the young athletes…
