‘This will hurt the Bahamas’ ability to host future football-related events’
FOR the first time since the proposed International Federation of American Football (IFAF) World Championships was cancelled, the Local Organising Committee for the event spoke out on the development.
‘There was more testing done on athletes this year than ever before’
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — She has been a long time advocate for anti-doping in the Bahamas. So it was no surprise to see Dr Pattie Symonette helping out in some capacity at the 2016 Olymic Games.
‘Bronze Boys’ shine
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — They didn’t successfully defend their title from London, England, but the Bahamas still got on the podium in the men’s 4 x 400 metre relay on Saturday night as the athletic competition for the 2016 Olympic Games came to a close at the Olympic Stadium.
Making Hstory: Bahamas defeats USA 5-4, expects jump in world rankings
THE Bahamas defeated the United States of America in beach soccer for the first time in the country’s history.
Overall, Team Bahamas did very well
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Two medals, two national records and five appearances in a final has left head coach George Cleare quite thrilled about the performance of Team Bahamas in the athletic competition at the 2016 Olympic Games.
‘I wanted to put on my spikes and go out there and run with those girls’
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Veteran sprinter Pauline Davis-Thompson has always been very passionate when it comes down to expressing her views on the sport of track and field.
Bahamas ends Rio Olympics on the podium
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil: The team of Alonzo Russell, Michael Mathieu, Steven Gardiner and Chris 'Fireman' Brown held on to nip Belgium for the bronze medal behind the United States' gold and Jamaica's silver in the final of the men's 4 x 400 metre relay on Saturday night.
Men's relay team book place in final
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil: The team of Alonzo Russell, Christopher Brown, Steven Gardiner, all back after their appearances in the 400 metres, along with Stephen Newbold, booked their lane in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay final and assured the Bahamas of a chance to defend their title at the 2016 Olympic Games on Saturday night.
National record, but no qualification for women's relay team
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil: In the Bahamas' first relay appearance in the Olympic Games, the team of Lanece Clarke, Anthonique Strachan, Carmiesha Cox and Christine Amertil ran a national record, but it wasn't fast enough to get them into the final of the women's 4 x 400 metre relay.
Olympic Games: Men's relay team qualify for final, then move up to second after Great Britain disqualified
Friday in Rio.
‘Golden Knights’ to defend their Olympic title without Ramon
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown likes Team Bahamas’ chances of repeating as champions of the men’s 4x400 metre relay. The elderstatesman feels they have assembled a quality group of quarter-milers to go out and get the job done.
‘Our men, women 4x4 teams had their final shake-outs’
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — With the city celebrating a holiday to support the 2016 Olympic Games, Team Bahamas was in preparation mode on a day off yesterday to get ready for the final two events over the next two days - the always exciting men and women 4 x 400m relays.
In fith Olympics, Amertil gets set for 4x4 relay
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — This is the fifth Olympic appearance for quarter-miler Christine Amertil and after running on the 4 x 100 metre team in London, England four years ago, for the first time she will get to run in a women’s 4 x 400 metre relay when the preliminaries take place at the Olympic Stadium tonight.
THE FINISH LINE: ‘A snippet of some of my most memorable experiences here’
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Just like that, it’s down to the final two days of competition at the 2016 Olympic Games. Can’t believe that time has passed by that quickly.
