Sunday, August 17, 2008

Jamaica Did It Again - Our Women Won Gold, and TWO Silvers in the 100m Finals. I am tingling!!



Wow. Jamaica did it again.

Our women made history in the 100m final in Beijing. For the first time in Olympic history a country - Jamaica - has taken the first three positions in this event. Shelly-Ann Fraser (21) won gold in 10.78 seconds - her best time to date. Then, Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart both tied for second place in 10.98 seconds. Both Sherone and Kerron collected silver medals.




Man, I always knew Jamaica was special. We have had so many greats over the years across sports, music, politics...everything. This is just more of the same. Thank you God.





Jamaica is now officially the world's fastest nation!! YES WE CAN!!



Proud to be a Jamaican...every time!!!

For more on Jamaica's wins in the Beijing Olympics see:
http://kerijam.blogspot.com/2008/08/usain-bolt-wins-gold-in-olympic-100m.html

Note: Jamaica has also achieved the first sweep of men's and women's 100m golds in any Olympics since 1988

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Keri, you speak the truth...we are truly a God Blessed nation!!

Keri said...

Yes we are!! What a weekend for Jamaica :). Here's to more of the same!!!

Unknown said...

Congratulations !!! That was an amazing feat... the men's gold was also won in style !!!

Keri said...

Thanks, Virtual! We are all really proud and happy. Yes, Usain Bolt was amazing...he made breaking the world record and getting the gold, look sooooo easy! And the funny thing was how he slowed down before the end of the race to celebrate! lol

Anonymous said...

It seems like the USA forgot to take their "vitamins".

Keri said...

Hehe. Well, they did say that they had dominated this sport for a while and now it may be Jamaica's time. Go JA, Go JA, GO!!!

Anonymous said...

Enjoyed reading and you are so right, watching Shelly Ann was amazing. One love.

Keri said...

Thanks, Karen. It's always great to be a Jamaican. And it's not over yet!!

Sando said...

Jamaica to the world!!! Are they ready for us? Congrats girlz!!!

Sando said...

Keri you need to put the colours on your blog. Be proud girl, you're Jamaican..

Keri said...

Hahaha - Sando. I haven't figured out yet how to move from standard templates. I have tried and found a few sites, but no success yet.

But back to celebrating...Jamaica rocks...every time!!!