Bahamas to host World Relays in 2017
ON the eve of hosting the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015, International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) President Lamine Diack announced that the Bahamas will be awarded the third edition when the event shifts to biannual one with the next hosting in 2017.
Bahamas 5th in men’s 4 x 200 final
THEY fell short of their ultimate goal of a medal and a new national record, but the men’s 4 x 200 metre team was able to improve their standing by one spot in this year’s meet.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Winners and losers in an action-packed weekend
WHAT a busy weekend it was in the world of sports, locally and internationally.
Buccaneers defeat Freeport to win Heineken Cup
IT HAS been a landmark season for the Bahamas Rugby Football Union at the international level and that success continued locally as well as one club ended its championship drought.
Charlton breaks 29-year-old Purdue record in 100m
ADD the women’s 100 metre record to Devynne Charlton’s growing list of accomplishments for the Boilermakers’ athletic programme at Purdue University.
Bahamas settles for silver in men’s 4 x 400m
THE Bahamas men’s 4 x 400 metre team gave the United States of America all they could handle. But for the second consecutive year, the Bahamas came up short at home in the grand finale of the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015.
American men set a new world record in distance medley relay
IN 2014, it was Kenya that dominated the middle distance events. This time it would be the United States that would win gold in both events and set two new world records.
Photo finish for ‘Golden Girl’ Debbie
THEY just missed out on the opportunity to get into the A final for a shot at a medal. In the B final, the Bahamas also missed out on a chance to win the race.
Bahamas women finish third in 4 x 400 B final
THE women’s 4x400 metre team brought a blend of youth and experience for Team Bahamas, but still has a ways to go before they can compete for Olympic qualification.
American women set World Relays record in 4 x 800m
IT WAS a wire-to-wire finish for the United States as they successfully repeated as champions and set a new meet record in the process.
Athletes of the future hold their own on the ‘big stage’
DESPITE the allure of many of the world’s top sprinters heating up the track, the athletes of the future certainly held their own on the “big stage” over the weekend, organisers of the BTC/IAAF World Relays junior competition programme said yesterday.
IAAF WORLD RELAYS: Day one round-up
IT was Bahamazing day for the United States of America on Saturday night in the IAAF World Relays at a packed Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.
'We are ready to win' says Brown as Bahamas eye 4 x 400m glory
ON THE eve of the 2015 IAAF/BTC World Relays, the man considered the heart of the Bahamas’ 4 x 400m relay team and the face of local track and field, Chris “Fireman” Brown, claims that “Team Bahamas is focused and ready”.
Bolt fit and ready for 4 x 200m record bid at IAAF World Relays
WITH his name on three of the four sprint world records that have a Jamaican flag attached to it, Usain 'Lightning' Bolt said he will be concentrating this weekend on the 4 x 200m at the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.
