4x400 relay victory pushes Bahamas to 50th
With the gold medal performance of the men’s 4x400 metre relay team, the Bahamas vaulted to 50th among the 204 countries that competed in the XXX Summer Olympics in London, England.
Team Bahamas will have to wait on welcome reception it deserves
DUE to delays forcing late night schedule changes yesterday, Team Bahamas will have to wait on the welcome it deserves after their performance at the Summer Olympics in London.
Only four of the seven men's 4x400m relay team members were awarded gold medals
THE Bahamas fielded a pool of seven runners to contest the 4x400m relay. However, despite initial reports to the contrary, only four members of the pool will be awarded gold medals for the historic relay win to conclude the Bahamas’ participation in the XXX Olympiad.
Bahamas to host World Relay Championships
LONDON, England — Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) said the Bahamas will definitely be ready to host the world when the International Amateur Athletic Federation stages the inaugural IAAF World Relay Championships in the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium in May, 2014.
Golden feat
LONDON, England — They took one more trip out in front of the cheering crowd at the Olympic Stadium. This time, on Saturday night, the Bahamas men’s 4 x 400 metre relay team members proudly came out to collect their gold medals after upsetting the United States in one of the biggest showdowns in track and field over the years.
Sands: I will bounce back
LONDON, England — Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands said it should only be a matter of time before he’s back in the pit jumping again.
Fantastic four receive their medals
It was a crowning moment for Team Bahamas on Saturday night at the Olympic Stadium.
Fantastic four take gold
LONDON, England: A change in the line-up between Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown and Ramon ‘Fearless’ Miller resulted in the Men’s 4 x 400m team snapping the United States of America’s 60-year stranglehold of the Olympic Games title and capping off a traumatic experience here on Friday night with the only medal - GOLD - in the final event for the 26-member Bahamas team.
Breaking news: Bahamas to host world relay event
Team Bahamas' Olympic 2012 medal hopes now lie in the hands of the men's 4x400 relay team
Bahamas through to final as No. 1 seed
LONDON, England — One day after getting disqualified with a false start in the semifinal of the men’s 200 metres, Michael Mathieu joined Ramon Miller, Demetrius Pinder and Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown in qualifying for the final of the men’s 4 x 400 metre relay tonight. Now all four men can get a chance to team up to win a medal that has eluded them in their individual events at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Women's 4x100 relay team clock season best but don't make final
LONDON, England — The team of Sheniqua ‘Q’ Ferguson, Chandra Sturrup, Christine Amertil and Anthonique Strachan ran a season’s best of 43.07 seconds, but a slight fumble on the third exchange may have been the difference with them getting into the final of the women’s 4 x 100 metre relay.
Olympic agony! 'It ain't over Brent... I will be back'
LONDON, England — One could hardly help but to sympathise with Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands when he went down with a right knee injury in the men’s triple jump final on Thursday night.
Sands tumbles out of triple jump with knee injury
LONDON, England — Sitting in fourth place in the men’s triple jump final as he went through his fourth attempt, Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands’ knee gave up on him as he went through his skip, hop and jump phase.
Superman tumbles out of Olympic medal race
With two triple jumps left to go, Leevan "Superman" Sands injured his knee, falling out of the medal race at the 2012 Olympics.
