Interesting story on the Olympic aspirations of dominoes players in Jamaica. Could dominoes ever overtake Track & Field as their national sport? Only time will tell.

Check out an excerpt from the article below…

Domino competitions see players setting up from daybreak and going through until the early hours playing Cut Throat and Partner, the names of the two most popular local styles played.

A “Q”, or quarter-litre bottle of white rum, is often a key element of the event, making the job of getting the game more professional even more of an uphill battle.

“I’d say seven of 10 of us play,” says Rey Smith, head of the National Association of Domino Bodies in Jamaica.

“We play it as a social game and we’re now playing it competitive level. It’s that level that we’re talking about with the Olympics.”

Read the full feature here: BBC News - Jamaica’s dream of Olympic dominoes.

I’m a little late on this one, given the date on the video, but given the fact that the opening ceremonies for this year’s Winter Olympics just went down, now is as good a time as any.

Check out the video of Kardi taking part in the relay for the torch below…

…via TSS.

Fernando Garcia-Guereta covered a documentary on Jamaican runners just before the Olympics in 08. Here is a snippet of the article that the Jamaican Gleaner did on “Why do Jamaicans Run So Fast?”…

With a ‘little feeling’ that something big was going to happen at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, Spanish music producer Fernando Garcia-Guereta shifted gears from the studio and on to the track with his debut documentary Why Do Jamaicans Run So Fast?

Filming months before the Olympics and continuing the journey from Beijing and back, the 61-minute documentary is the only non-American film nominated at this year’s American Black Film Festival.

via Seen and Jamaican Gleaner

Check out this new interview with Usain Bolt, courtesy of BBCCaribbean.com, below….

Check out the full article here.

Image via chimpy42 on Flickr.

I posted about this last week, and now I bring you video of Usain’s interview with HBO Real Sports’ host Bryant Gumbel. Check it out below…

Part 2 is after the jump…

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Olympic Gold-Medalist Usain Bolt will me making an appearance on HBO’s Real Sports this coming Tuesday. He’ll be doing an exclusive interview with Host Bryant Gumbel.

10 PM start time. Click here for more info.

I’m about all out of superlatives for the Jamaican sprinters. After having already taken most of the sprinting events, two in WR time thanks to Usain Bolt, the 4×100 Men’s continued the trend with another commanding, world-record-setting win.

When all was said and done, they had set a new world record of 37.10, .3 seconds better than the 16-year old mark set by the US, and won by a .96 second margin. Trinidad & Tobago, featuring NCAA Champ Richard Thompson, placed 2nd. Check the description below, per The New York Times:

Bolt turned an even race into a blowout about halfway through his leg, the third of four. He turned the corner, made a smooth handoff to Powell, the anchor man, and then started yelling at him — knowing the world record was in sight.

It was only a matter of time.

Just as Bolt had done when he ran 19.30 in the 200 to break Michael Johnson’s mark, Powell drove hard to the finish, leaning at the line, then looking at the clock.

37.10.

”All I can say is, yo, Jamaican sprinters taking over the world,” Bolt said.

Sounds about right. Congrats to the team and to Asafa Powell in particular, who won his first Olympic medal. It’s also noteworthy that, had they not dropped the baton in their race, the women’s squad was set to take the gold as well.

Taking over, indeed.

Different event, same result. Usain Bolt just made quick work of the 200M field in Beijing, winning the race and setting another world record in the process. His star has officially risen, for sure. Check out the full story here.

On a related note, I actually beat Usain Bolt in a race.

Online, that is. Maybe you can too. Check out the video game over at PumaRunning.com to try your luck against the world’s fastest.

Check out a video of the historic race after the jump…

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Another day, another gold medal for a Jamaican sprinter. This time around it’s a sweep of the medals in the 100M Women’s Final, with Shelly-Ann Fraser taking the gold, and her two compatriots tying for Silver. Congrats to all. Check out the full story here.