Jamaicans continue to shine at the 12th IAAF 2009 World Championships:
Yesterday's Results
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Usain Bolt proved that lightening does strike twice, in the same place, by decimating his old world record and setting a new one of 19.19 secs, in the 200m (men).
Well, we sorta expected it...but when it actually happened, Jamaican's were mad with joy!
CVM Television and Television Jamaica (the only free-to-air stations in Jamaica), in an effort to get on-the-spot reactions from Jamaicans, segwayed to Half-Way-Tree, just after the race...
Jamaicans there were bubbling over with joy. Many were waving Jamaican flags and were dressed in the black, green and gold (colours of the Jamaican flag). The outpouring of joy was so tremendous, that traffic slowed while people danced and rejoiced in the streets.
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Well it seems that when Melaine puts in her hair extension, it's a sign that she means business.
..She did so yesterday and despite injury, Melaine powered through to win the 400m Hurdles (women), in a time of 52.42 secs, setting a new Championship record. (She just missed the World Record by 0.08ths of a second - the world record is 52.34 secs).
Following the race, her community of Waterhouse went crazy...people hit two pot covers together as a sign of celebration and were overjoyed, so overjoyed that you could hardly hear the interview being conducted by both free-to-air televisions stations, with her mom.
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Although he didn't medal, Maurice Wignall represented Jamaica creditably, in the male 110m Hurdles. He came in 5th.
Barbadian-Ryan Brathwaite, won the event with a National Record of 13.14 secs. Congrats to Ryan..he has made the Caribbean proud!
The favorite to win this event - Dayron Robles of Cuba, unfortunately did not finish in Semifinal 3 of the event, due to injury.
Today's Results
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Congratulations are in order for our girl, Veronica Campbell-Brown (VCB) who gained silver in the 200m (women) today. Her time was 22.35 secs. She was second to Alison Felix who ran a smashing time 22.02 secs!
Congratulations are also in order for our up-and-coming sprint queens - Anneisha McLaughlin (22.62 secs) and Simone Facey (22.82 secs) for making it to the finals of this event.
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The Jamaican quartet of Lerone Clarke, Michael Frater, Steve Mullings and Dwight Thomas, also made us proud, by qualifying for the finals, of the 4x100m (men), to be run tomorrow. Their time was 38.60 secs, placing them second in Heat 3, behind the Italians, who ran 38.52 secs.
Events for Tomorrow
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The event that most Jamaicans have been anticipating, since Beijing 2008, is the the 4x100m (women). Jamaica will be running in Heat 1 of the event, at 11:10 a.m. Jamaica time.
We are not sure who the representatives will be, but we highly suspect that it will be Shelly-Ann Fraser, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Aleen Bailey and Kerron Stewart.
The final for this event will be held at 1:00 p.m., Jamaica time.
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Jamaica will also run in the 4x400m (women's) tomorrow in Heat 1. The start time is 1:25 p.m. Jamaica time.
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The men will try to delight us once more, in the 4x100m final at 1:50 p.m. Jamaica time.
Friends, tomorrow stands to be another exciting day of these World Championships. Get out your (healthy) snacks and drinks and enjoy!
Big up (Jamaican, meaning, "congratulations to") Jamaica!
(I would like to thank iansharpes@btinternet.com, for the use of his Flickr inset photo of Veronica Campbell-Brown winning the 200m in the Beijing Olympics).
Gillian
Sources Include
1) Television Jamaica's coverage of the 12th IAAF 2009 World Championships, August 20-21, 2009
2) CVM Television's coverage of the 12th IAAF 2009 World Championships, August 20-21,2009
3) 12th IAAF 2009 World Championships Schedule and Resultsat iaaf.org
