London Welcomes Jamaica’s Para Athletes Team Jamaica has settled in comfortably to a warm welcome at the Premier Inn, London, Stratford just a stone’s throw from the historic Queen Elizabeth Park Stadium where Jamaica has made its mark and established world milestones in track and field both in the Paralympic and Olympic Games. Newcomer, Chadwick …
Jamaica celebrated its third medal at the 2017 Youth Para Pan American Games, now taking place in Sao Paulo, when Jason Brown won the Bronze in the Men’s Under 19 T12 400m. It was a remarkable achievement as this is not an event that Brown runs. However, prior to the Games he contemplated participating in …
Para Athletes Tevaughan Thomas and Jason Brown earned Jamaica its first medals at an international youth games when they struck silver and bronze medals in the under 19 T47 and T12 100m events respectively. It was a photo finish second place for Thomas who ran on strongly in the closing stages and who spoilt the …
Paralympians Alphanso ‘The Ambassador’ Cunningham and Dana-Gaye Weller copped the 2016 Paralympic Awards at the recently held RJR Foundation Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year 2016 Award Ceremony held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. It was well-deserved having represented Jamaica at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games where Alphanso did his season’s best …
“Operation Big Ben” is now underway as the JPA prepares for the 2017 London World Para Athletics Championships where, it is being planned, our para athletes will have their best showing ever in international competition. London has treasured memories of the 2012 Paralympic Games with the golden achievements of Alphonso Cunningham and next year summer …
A flurry of fireworks reverberated around the iconic Maracana Stadium as sounds of music, with a generous offering of samba, ignited the atmosphere at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. Once at risk owing to huge budget cuts and poor ticket sales, the games, in a few days before its opening, took …
“I gave it my all” were the words of Shane Hudson who narrowly missed out on the bronze medal in the Men’s T47 400 in Brazil’s Olympic Stadium this evening. Denied his day in the sun, Hudson disappointed but not defeated said: “This will make me more determined to continue. 49.07 is my season’s best. …
Paralympian Shane Hudson ran cautiously but somewhat assertively to progress to the final of the T47 400m on Saturday when he hopes that the battle he won today will become the prized victory in tomorrow’s war. With sights on a medal, Hudson’s game plan in the semi-final was to test the competition and execute in …
It was not to be the golden day we had expected as an injured Alphanso ‘The Ambassador’ Cunningham competed in the Men\’s F53 Shot Put at the Rio Paralympic Games bowing out in the first round. A recurrent back injury prevented the multiple medalist from giving the usual authoritative display of expertise and experience which only …
On September 14 at 10:05am Rio time, Alphanso “The Ambassador” Cunningham will go in the Men’s F53 Shot Put in his bid for a medal to add to the collection he has acquired from past Paralympic Games. World Championships and Para Pan American Games. He is not taking anything for granted and views each competitor …
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