The same will be the case with Merlene Ottey in the women's 100m where the SA standard has for year's not been as bad as at the moment. It will be a joy to see this fine 40-year-old Jamaican wonder ...

Kishane Thompson ran the world's fastest 100m in a decade, becoming the sixth-fastest man in history, while Tina Clayton won ...

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Jamaica’s Merlene Ottey was a younger 37 when she won 200m bronze in 1997. Fraser-Pryce’s 10 career World Championships gold medals are third in history behind Felix (14) and Bolt (11). Her 16 career ...

Meanwhile, Maryland Primary and Infant School won the social media award with more than 600 votes, and Merlene Ottey High School won the resilience prize.

Felix, who is tied with Merlene Ottey as the most decorated female Olympian in track and field history, could surpass her this week. But this berth has meant more than medals. By Talya Minsberg ...

Ottey, 40, will run the 100 meters. Peta-Gaye Dowdie, who beat Ottey in the Jamaican trials, won't. The protesters carried placards reading "Merlene Out, Peta-Gaye in. No relays." ...

Other athletes who did the same were sprint legend Merlene Ottey, who switched to represent Slovenia in 2002, Shericka Williams, Brandon Simpson, Andrew Fisher, and Kemarly Brown, who moved to ...

Merlene Ottey was introduced to athletics by her mother and competed in six editions of the Olympic Games for Jamaica and one edition for Slovenia. First female Jamaican medallist at 200m Her very ...

Merlene Ottey was the 1st Caribbean woman to win an Olympic medal. She's the only track and field athlete to participate in 7 different Olympics, ...

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Eight-time Olympic medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce announces retirement, qualifies for her ninth World Championships.