by jpadmin | Jul 25, 2013 | France 2013
The morning sun distilled its Thursday rays on the Stade du Rhone where Shane Hudson and David Bascoe, semi-finalists in the T46/47 400m, contemplated their future. The experience was not foreign for Hudson. Two years ago, in Guadalajara Mexico at the Para Pan...
by jpadmin | Jul 24, 2013 | France 2013
It was late on Wednesday that Jamaica won its first medal at the IPC’s Athletics World Championships now underway in Lyon France and Sylvia Cunningham delivered it in the women’s F57/58 discus competition. Under the watchful eye of Coach Neville Sinclair,...
by jpadmin | Jul 24, 2013 | France 2013
The heat in Lyon while not unbearable to a team accustomed to tropical temperatures, nevertheless made Tuesday a welcomed rest day for Team Jamaica. It was an opportunity to cool out, reflect, take stock and regroup with greater purpose. Breakfast was yet again social...
by jpadmin | Jul 24, 2013 | France 2013
Despite vigorous protests made by Jamaica and India regarding the classification of two athletes from Algeria and Tunisia who were awarded the gold and silver medals respectively in the men’s F51/52/53 discus, Alphanso Cunningham was denied a medal and...
by jpadmin | Jul 22, 2013 | France 2013
Alphanso “The Ambassador” Cunningham will start his campaign today in the F51/52/53 Men’s discus at 9:45am in Lyon, 2:45am local time. He carries on his capable shoulder the hopes of a nation which he continues to inspire with his golden...
by jpadmin | Jul 22, 2013 | France 2013
The first day of competition in track and field at the IPC’s Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, was somewhat disappointing for Jamaica. Tanto “The Emperor” Campbell went into the thrower’s ring at 5:25 pm French time for the first...