Because I am sick of the int'l media wondering how come JA is suddenly winning gold.

[unusualmusic_lj_archive]

Firstly, oh ye lazy little bums who can't think to look up Wikipedia, we have won 42 medals in the Olympics in track and field since we started entering in 1948. Jamaica at the Olmypics breaks it all down for you, on the first freaking pagein helpful tables and links, year by year, medal by medal.


Furthermore, many of our best have been running for other nations. You may recognize these names:

The Good


Sanya Richards USA


Germaine MasonBRITAIN


Donovan Bailey CANADA

Tessa Sanderson BRITAIN



Charmaine Crookes CANADA

The Bad


Linford Christie BRITAIN


Ben Johnson CANADA

Angella TaylorCANADA







Apparently there are also a notable number of athletes born in other countries of Jamaican parentage...

Kelly Holmes USA


Denise Lewis BRITAIN


Colin Jackson WALES (Uh, Wales has sprinters?!)

Inger Miller USA(Daughter of an Jamaican Olympic champion,Lennox Miller no less)


Fiona May BRITAIN, ITALY


Derrick Atkins BAHAMAS

To say nothing of the countless ones who are helping US colleges to track and field glory every year.

And all of the above info comes from a second Wiki article: A History of Jamaican Athletics

Funny how readily available all this info is, and yet I still see nonsense being spouted left and right. Is it too much to ask that certain media outlets do some basic one hour research on google.com before inculcating their viewers with BS galore? Apparently.


On a more ironic note, one of the more amusing things that I have noticed is that many commentators are quite fine with claiming the athlete as Canadian, American, etc., when they are running well, but if they have been caught doping, they are suddenly Jamaican-born. *snort*!

Comments

[mtdrake.livejournal.com]

*toke* didn't you get the memo, Jamaicans are corrupt drug-using and dealing cheaters barely more civilized than there neighbors to the west (Haitians) who cast spells on each other and eat human flesh. \sarcasm

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

What NERVE all these Jamaicans have, to beat the US! *sniff* Do they KNOW who they are dealing with?!

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

And it cracks me up that so certain people are waxing moralistic on the subjects of arrogance and drugs in sports, indeed it does!

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[buria-q.livejournal.com]

good catch. ugh.