Showing posts with label Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Show all posts
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Sunday, 4 August 2024

'DISGUSTING' BEHAVIOUR': SHA'CARRIR RICHARDSON & SHELLY-ANN FRASER PRYCE FANS LEFT FUMING OVER PARIS OLYMPICS MISHAP

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 The ICON (that’s what World Athletics has entitled her with the utmost respect), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is all set to enter her fifth Olympic hunt today. The rival American camp has its hope invested in Sha’Carri Richardson to pull off the miracle against the Jamaican legend. But before these two phenomenal athletes contest each other on the track, an incident attracted the limelight for all the wrong reasons. As per the update, the security facility outside of the warm-up area at Stade de France stopped Pryce from entering the zone today. 

Their reason? Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce arrived on her own, leaving her team bus in the zone. So, the security service failed to update her official entry. However, just before the heavily rated women’s 100m event, such an issue has raised a lot of eyebrows. Most of them have brick-batted the lackadaisical service at the Paris Olympics. But why did such a lack of communication develop in a contest like the Paris Olympic Games?

Well, we didn’t have to go hither and thither to find the answer, as one of the shared visuals from the same hour and same venue served a few insights. On X, a sports enthusiast shared a 27-second snippet displaying Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce narrating her experience of the incident with someone. She looked to be in utter disbelief at the entire situation.

In the snippet, the 37-year-old can be heard saying, “They said, they changed the rule yesterday.” The rule she was referring to was regarding the accommodation in the Games Village and the subsequent accreditation to enter the venue. So what do the Olympic Village rules say?

According to Team USA’s Olympic Village Director Daniel Smith, staying in the village is not mandatory. Athletes who opt out from staying in the village have to find their accommodation. But official transport to the venue will only be available for the athletes staying in the village. For those staying outside, “Paris 2024 won’t provide you transportation from your specific hotel,” Smith explained. “All of the meals, all of those additional pieces that come along with logistics that athletes in the Village get, you stay out, all of that is on you,” he further added.

Referring to that, Shelly-Ann added, “So you’re asking all the athletes who, for whatever reason, don’t stand at the Village, then they can’t come to the gate?”

That seemed a relevant question, as the 10-time world champion explained that she had not experienced such a low yesterday when she came to the venue for her practice. “We came through this yesterday and through security and was okay. The man said we can’t go, and go the other way where everybody else has entered, come back through that way.”  Notably, the USA Basketball team also does not stay in the Olympic Village. Meanwhile, Shelly-Ann alone was not the one to face this.

When Sha’Carri arrived at the venue in her blue tracksuit, she was seen standing outside the entrance and requesting security personnel to let her in. However, her efforts seemed to have gone in vain as the discussion went on for a long, but the security denied her entry into the arena. Sometime later, Richardson was seen sitting on the curb. If that was not enough, a news just before the semis made things further go awry.

UPDATE: Fans were astounded right before the 100m semi-finals when Pryce announced her withdrawal from the event because of a hamstring injury during warmup.

Taking all these together, the entire situation turned into a whole fiasco when fans unleashed their wrath!.


Sha’Carri Richardson and Shelly-Ann’s fans dig up Usain Bolt’s incident

Sports enthusiasts don’t forget any slight detail. Many still remember what Usain Bolt had to face at the 2017 World Championships. The fastest man alive failed to complete the 4x100m relay because of his injury, which led to his ultimate retirement. On that day, he and other sprinters had to wait for 45 minutes after their warm-up for the actual race. Although no one said that this is what led to the injury, Bolt was evidently agitated with that.

The Jamaican relay team was kept waiting in the call room where the athletes could not run and jog to stay warm. “It was unusual. I knew I had to stay warm. We got into second call room to stride out which was fine. But we were taken to the area behind the boarding to be ready to run, but we waited there for 10-15 minutes,” Bolt had said later. The fans did not take time to get the crux out of it.

One comment goes, “I hate it when they start moving like this injuries may even occur because of such behaviour. I mean Bolt got an injury in 2017 because of such delays prior to the relay final.” One track and field fan commented, aiming right at that part: “Paris Olympics continue their disgusting behaviour of athletes, Shelly Ann is a legend!” In the meantime, several fans argued that there may have been Sha’Carri Richardson as well, who had to face a similar fate. 


Another follower vented the same frustration by adding, “That’s crazy! Hope the situation has been addressed.” Meanwhile, since Shelly-Ann also pulled off because of hamstring injury like that of Bolt, widespread speculation started flying that lack of proper warmup and of being locked out might have caused that. Jamaican chef de mission Ian Kelly stepped in to clear the air.

Kelly told Reuters, “Mrs Fraser-Pryce was allowed to enter the warm up track but from another gate from which she was directed to enter from. There is no truth that she was not allowed to enter the stadium. Unfortunately, she was not able to compete due to an injury sustained during her final warmup.” But there was a clear lack of communication on the authority’s part that the fans did not spare. 

One fan thinks negatively about that, as the concerned comment remains, “These officials have been nothing but putrid since these games started @WorldAthletics” Furthermore, the same officials gave the athletes the badge; why did that not come to work today? One follower had this pertinent question, “Nonsense. All the athletes have badges. Do these ppl know the importance of a timely warn up”. Ultimately, it is the officials’ responsibility to answer athletes and fans appropriately. 

Therefore, they need to put things up when fans comment, “Officials up to their bs as usual”. While the track and field community has yet to get over the shock of Shelly-Ann’s withdrawal, it remains to be seen if the last week of the game continues smoothly without such hitches.

- Prasun Chakrabarty



Saturday, 29 June 2024

THOMPSON SETS WORLD-LEADING MARK TO WIN JAMAICA 100M

Kishane Thompson - Ian Allen photo


 Kishane Thompson registered a sizzling world-leading mark of 9.77 seconds to win the men's 100 metres at the Jamaican Olympic trials on Friday, becoming the joint ninth fastest man in history.

Two-time World Championships finalist Oblique Seville was second in 9.82, while World Indoor 60m bronze medallist Ackeem Blake finished third in 9.92.

Thompson, who is in only his second season as a professional, had not raced at all this season before the Jamaican championship and told Reuters he believes he can go faster.

"My coach instructed me just to run the first 60 metre, nothing more, after that, shut it down," he said.

"If I came second or third, I would’ve made the team. The goal wasn’t to prove anything tonight, just run the 70 or 60 metres and see where I was."

Thompson, now the fourth fastest Jamaican - behind Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Asafa Powell - said he had much to improve on making his Olympic debut in Paris.

“It's kind of new to me, but I'm getting it slowly,” he said.

Shericka Jackson recovered from a poor start to win the women's 100m in 10.84, clawing her way from the back of the field after 30 metres to power past Tia Clayton (10.90) and twice Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.94).

Jackson, the back-to-back world champion in the 200m, said winning was more important than running a faster time.

“Coach and I sat down and talked about how we wanted the approach the season, and I think we did pretty good, having only ran one 100m prior to the national trials,” Jackson told Reuters.

“It’s a work in progress and I will now turn my attention to retaining my 200m title over the next two days."

Malik James-King won the 400m hurdles in 47.42, moving up to number five in the world this season as he crossed the finish 0.62 seconds ahead of national record holder Roshawn Clarke, while Jaheel Hyde was third in 48.35.

James-King said he never panicked, even as he left it until hurdle number nine to catch Clarke.

"I was actually focusing on my lane and the hurdles in front of me while biding my time to execute down the home stretch," he said.

On the women's side, twice world championship bronze medallist Rushell Clayton sped to a lifetime best 52.51, the second-fastest time this season, to secure her first Olympic berth.

"My aim was to execute an awesome race... and I think I got my stride 99% close to perfect tonight to move up to 52.51," she said.

Janieve Russell (53.33) and Shiann Salmon (53.71) completed the podium spots.

Deandre Watkin ran a massive personal best of 44.48 to win the men’s 400m, while Sean Bailey finished second in 44.65, while JeVaughn Powell ended third in 44.79.

- Kayon Raynor

Tuesday, 22 August 2023

AMERICAN RICHARDSON CLAIMS WOLD GOLD IN WOMEN'S 100M

Reuters 

Sha'Carri Richardson finally delivered on three years of promise when the American overcame the challenge of being stuck out in lane nine by delivering a late surge to win world 100 metres gold in a championship record 10.65 seconds on Monday.

The 23-year-old Richardson came through in the last 20 metres to overhaul Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, who took silver in 10.72, and claim her first global title.

Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, seeking a remarkable sixth world 100m title at the age of 36 after an injury-hit season, had to settle for bronze in 10.77, her best of the year.

Sunday, 9 July 2023

LONG JUMPERS PINNOCK, RICKETTS HIGHLIGHT DAY THREE OF JAMAICA 🇯🇲 CHAMPIONSHIPS

 


NCAA Champion Wayne Pinnock signalled his intention to challenge for a medal at this summer's World Championships in Budapest by leaping 8.32 metres to retain his long jump title ahead of 2019 gold medallist Tajay Gayle with 8.27m on Saturday's third and penultimate day of the Jamaican Championships.

Following a ninth place finish in Oregon last summer, Pinnock, who sits third in the world with a mark of 8.37m achieved two months ago, is now aiming to get to the final and secure an elusive medal.