Caribbean Sports & Athletes!

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Road to London 2012!Olympics in the People's Republic of China.
DominicaPuerto Rico
Did you know- In the 1995 Pan American Games inDid you know- In 1960, Puerto Rico's athlete Rolando
Mar del Plata (Argentina), Dominica's runner StevenCruz finished fourth in the men's pole vault at the
Agar finished tenth in the 5,000-meter event.Summer Games in Rome, Italy. From 1959 to 1966, he
Dominican Republichad won three golds in the central American and
Did you know- Despite having won the X BaseballCaribbean Games.
World Cup in Managua (Nicaragua) in 1948, the NationalSaint Kitts & Nevis
team lost the chance to win a gold medal in theDid you know- Surprisingly, the Island's sprinter Kim
Central American and Caribbean Games in GuatemalaCollins captured the gold medal in the men's 100m at
City. Unfortunately the anticipated showdown betweenthe IAFF World Championships in the early 2000s.
Cuba and the Dominican Republic did not occur. Why?Although his performance in the Games of the 28th
The Dominican government refused to participate inOlympiad in August 2004 disappointed many of his
the international games in the early 1950s.fans: Collins placed sixth in the 100 meters.
GrenadaSaint Lucia
Did you know- Alleyne Francique of Grenada came inDid you know- A six-member team from Saint Lucia
fourth place in the men's 400m at the 2004 Summer--a former British colony until 1979- participated in the
Olympics in Athens, Greece. His performance madeGames of the XXVI Olympiad in the American city of
him "the Island's best known athlete". Since the IslandAtlanta in July and August 1996.
gained its independence from the United Kingdom inWest Indies Federation
the 1970s, the Olympic team has not won an OlympicDid you know- At the 1959 Pan American Games in
medal.Chicago (Illinois, USA), Antilles pickep up a total of 14
Jamaicamedals (2 gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze) and took
Did you know- The Commonwealth Games were heldseventh place in unofficial team standings, outpacing
in Kingston (Jamaica's capital) in August 1966.Venezuela and Uruguay. Antilles -also known as the
Previously, the IX Central American and CaribbeanWest Indies Federation- consisted of three former
Games took place in the Island in 1962.British colonies in the Caribbean: Barbados, Jamaica,
Netherlands Antillesand Trinidad Tobago. The following year, the West
Did you know- By 2008, the Island's athlete ChurandyIndies Federation captured a bronze medal when it
Martina --one of the most high-profile sprinters in theplaced third in the men's 4 x 400m relay in the Games
Western Hemisphere between 2006 and 2009-- wasof the XVII Olympiad in Rome (Italy).
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