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Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah races to win gold in the women’s 100m final during the athletics in the Alexander Stadium at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. At left is England’s Daryll Neita who took the bronze. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup).
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Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah won her first major title this season by taking the 100m gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday.
In a result that surprised no one but wowed the crowd nevertheless, the five-time Olympic gold medallist stormed to victory in a time of 10.95 seconds to win her third Commonwealth Games medal.
The gold came 16 days after the sprint queen finished behind Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson in a Jamaican sweep of the 100 at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Julien Alfred of St Lucia claimed silver in a time of 11.01 seconds and England’s Daryll Neitathe bronze (11.07s).
Thompson-Herah’s compatriot Natalliah Whyte finished eighth and last in 11.32.
Thompson-Herah said after the win: ” I didn’t have the best execution but nevertheless I had to dig for that one but I am still grateful to win my first Commonwealth Games.
“I started in 2014 in the 4x100m. Then in 2018 in the 200m I came fourth and now I upgraded to a gold.”
Earlier, Jamaica’s 4x400m mixed relay team captured the bronze medal and Kobe Lawrence secured silver in the men’s shot put
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Antiguan continues to make major career moves on the global scene.
A recent World Bank release highlights the major promotion of Antiguan, Marlon Rawlins. Rawlins was competitively selected to fill a role in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, one of the Bank’s largest clients.
He will lead the World Bank’s financial sector work on restructuring and strengthening of the Ethiopian Financial System.
Rawlins a Senior Financial Sector Specialist is the lone Antiguan currently working at the World Bank. For the past 9 years, he has been providing advice to Governments and Financial sector regulators around the World and has led the implementation of several World Bank projects in various countries in Latin America, The Caribbean, Europe and Africa. Rawlins has authored several World Bank publications on financial sector stability, financial inclusion, pensions, insurance and disaster & climate risk financing.
Rawlins is no stranger to making big career moves having made history as the first Antiguan to be appointed Country Manager of both RBTT and Scotiabank. Rawlins is the holder of a BSc in Economics and Accounting, an MBA International Banking & Finance and the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation.
Rawlins is also known for his contribution to Antigua Carnival having served as Chairman of Antigua Carnival in 2008 and is one of the founders of Myst Carnival.
Rawlins says he is excited about the new challenge and is humbled at the opportunity to be given this significant responsibility and that he will continue to fly the Antigua flag around the world. When asked what advise he would give to other Antiguans, he said “The world is your oyster and growth comes from moving outside of your comfort zone. So don’t be afraid to take some calculated career risks.”
Rawlins says he is looking forward to continuing to play big on the global stage; and for his family, he is excited about the tremendous growth opportunities that comes with being global citizens. Rawlins, his wife Dr Deidra Rawlins, son Matthew and daughter Madison will relocate to Ethiopia shortly.
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Ce week-end (29 et 30 juillet), les 17ème et 18ème meurtres ont été commis dans l’île. Les forces de police et de gendarmerie sont mobilisées à la recherche des auteurs.
Le week-end dernier a été à nouveau endeuillé. Deux homicides ont eu lieu, d’abord à Sainte-Anne vendredi en fin de journée puis, quelques heures plus tard, en bas de Trénelle, à Fort-de-France.
À la demande du parquet, la Section de Recherches de la gendarmerie et le Service Territorial de la Police Judiciaire (STPJ) ont été respectivement saisis des enquêtes criminelles, concernant les 17ème et 18ème homicides commis depuis le début de l’année. Pour le moment, les auteurs des faits n’ont pas encore été appréhendés mais les enquêtes avancent.
À Sainte-Anne, Yves Gaoulé, 56 ans, a perdu la vie, blessé mortellement par un coup de couteau porté au thorax. Selon ce qui ressort de l’enquête, le Joséphin cherchait sa route lorsqu’il a été pris à partie par un autre automobiliste, visiblement mécontent de l’allure du quinquagénaire sur la route. C’est à la suite de ce différend futile qu’un coup a été porté, sur la chaussée, par l’un des protagonistes à son vis-à-vis.
La véhicule dans lequel se trouvait l’auteur présumé des faits aurait été retrouvé au lendemain du meurtre. Les investigations se poursuivent.
Quelques heures après cet événement dramatique, c’est à Fort-de-France, vers 3 h du matin, dans la nuit du 29 au 30 juillet, qu’un jeune de 25 ans a succombé à un ou plusieurs tirs d’arme à feu. Il aurait été touché à plusieurs reprises selon les témoins de la scène.
Après avoir passé la scène de crime au peigne fin grâce à la police scientifique, le STPJ poursuit ses investigations pour identifier le ou les auteurs du 18ème meurtre en 2022.
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New research hints that even a simple exercise routine just might help older Americans with mild memory problems.
Doctors have long advised physical activity to help keep a healthy brain fit. But the government-funded study marks the longest test of whether exercise makes any difference once memory starts to slide — research performed amid a pandemic that added isolation to the list of risks to participants’ brain health.
Researchers recruited about 300 sedentary older adults with hard-to-spot memory changes called mild cognitive impairment or MCI — a condition that’s sometimes, but not always, a precursor to Alzheimer’s. Half were assigned aerobic exercises and the rest stretching-and-balance moves that only modestly raised their heart rate.
Another key component: Participants in both groups were showered with attention by trainers who worked with them at YMCAs around the country — and when COVID-19 shut down gyms, helped them keep moving at home via video calls.
After a year, cognitive testing showed overall neither group had worsened, said lead researcher Laura Baker, a neuroscientist at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Nor did brain scans show the shrinkage that accompanies worsening memory problems, she said.
By comparison, similar MCI patients in another long-term study of brain health — but without exercise — experienced a significant cognitive decline over a year.
Those early findings are surprising, and the National Institute on Aging cautioned that tracking non-exercisers in the same study would have offered better proof.
But the results suggest “this is doable for everybody” — not just seniors healthy enough to work up a hard sweat, said Baker, who presented the data Tuesday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. “Exercise needs to be part of the prevention strategies” for at-risk seniors.
Previous research has found that regular physical activity of any sort may reduce damaging inflammation and increase blood flow to the brain, said Alzheimer’s Association chief scientific officer Maria Carrillo.
But the new study is especially intriguing because the pandemic hit halfway through, leaving already vulnerable seniors socially isolated — something long known to increase people’s risk of memory problems, Carrillo said.
It’s a frustrating time for dementia research. Doctors are hesitant to prescribe a high-priced new drug called Aduhelm that was supposed to be the first to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s — but it’s not yet clear if it really helps patients. Researchers last month reported another drug that works similarly — by targeting amyloid plaques that are an Alzheimer’s hallmark — failed in a key study.
While amyloid clearly plays a role, it’s important that drugmakers increasingly are targeting many other factors that can lead to dementia, Carrillo said, because effective treatment or prevention likely will require a combination of customized strategies.
One example of a new approach: Sometimes in dementia, the brain has trouble processing blood sugar and fats for the energy it needs, John Didsbury of T3D Therapeutics told the Alzheimer’s meeting. His company is testing a pill that aims to rev up that metabolism, with results expected next year.
Meanwhile, there’s growing urgency to settle whether steps people could take today — like exercise — might offer at least some protection.
How much and what kind of exercise? In Baker’s study, seniors were supposed to get moving for 30 to 45 minutes four times a week, whether it was on a vigorous turn on the treadmill or stretching exercises.
That’s a big ask of anyone who’s sedentary, but Baker said MCI’s effects on the brain make it even harder for people to plan and stick with the new activity.
Hence the social stimulation — which she credited with each participant completing over 100 hours of exercise. Baker suspects that sheer volume might explain why even the simple stretching added up to an apparent benefit. Participants were supposed to exercise without formal support for an additional six months, data Baker hasn’t yet analyzed.
“We wouldn’t have done the exercise on our own,” said retired agriculture researcher Doug Maxwell of Verona, Wisconsin, who joined the study with his wife.
The duo, both 81, were both assigned to the stretching classes. They felt so good afterwards that when the study ended, they bought electric bikes in hopes of even more activity — efforts Maxwell acknowledged are hard to keep up.
Next up: Baker is leading an even larger study of older adults to see if adding exercise to other can’t-hurt steps such as a heart-healthy diet, brain games and social stimulation together may reduce the risk of dementia.
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Jamaicans Roshawn Clarke and Antonio Forbes secured victories in their preliminary round heats of the men’s 400m hurdles at the World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia on Wednesday.
Clarke, who set his personal best of 49.39 when winning his national U20 title in Kingston last month, easily progressed out of the round with a 50.71 clocking, the third quickest in the heats.
Forbes clocked 52.45 seconds to get the better of Hungary’s Csaba Molnar, who finished in 52.49.
Forbes’ 52.45 puts him 24th overall of the 27 qualifiers for Thursday’s semifinals.
Yan Manuel Vazquez of Puerto Rico leads all qualifiers with 50.66, a new personal best time.
Slovenia’s Matic Ian Gucek, who finished fifth in last year’s world U20 final, is the second quickest with 50.68 seconds.
Turkey’s Ismail Nezir, who is a strong medal contender after lowering his personal best to 49.59 last month at the Mediterranean Games, is the eighth quickest with 51.21 seconds.
In the men’s 200m, Jamaica’s Bryan Levell progressed from the preliminary round following a third-place finish in his heat.
Levell clocked 20.85 seconds to secure the third and final automatic qualifying spot from his heat. He finished just behind Malaysia’s Muhd Azeem Fahmi, who won in a national U20 record of 20.83, and Australia’s Aidan Murphy (20.85).
The other Jamaican – Sandrey Davison – was a no-show after pulling up shortly after his 100m semifinal heat on Tuesday.
Fresh from winning the 100m gold in a world U20 record on Tuesday, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana returned to drop another impressive time in the 200m after running 19.98 to break the championship record and win his heat comfortable.
Blessing Akwasi Afrifah of Israel is the second quickest in the heat with a national U20 record of 20.37 seconds.
Britain’s Jeriel Quainoo, who has improved from 21.60 to 20.40 this summer is the third quickest with 20.56 seconds.
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reminding the public that excessive heat stress is harmful to health and is potentially fatal.
Jamaica, like other Caribbean countries, is currently experiencing a heat season that is typically between May and October each year. This year, extremely high temperatures are being recorded, the ministry said in a release on Wednesday.
The public, especially the vulnerable (elderly, children under six years and bedridden persons), are, therefore, advised to take precautionary measures to reduce exposure to heat and limit the serious effects it can have on the body, the release said.
Typically, heat-related illnesses can range from mild conditions such as a rash or cramps to serious and potentially life-threatening conditions such as heatstroke. To prevent illnesses associated with the heat, Jamacans are encouraged to:
Hydrate with cool water, especially when it is hot and humid;Drink more fluids, limit or avoid sugar-sweetened drinks and beverages that contain alcohol;Drink more water than normal before, during and after vigorous activities (at least 15 minutes before, and take fluid breaks at least every 15 minutes);Exercise indoors where possible;Drink more water than normal if one is exposed to heat for long periods (greater than two hours);Avoid the sun during the middle of the day, such as by limiting, as much as possible, outdoor activities to mornings and evenings; and seeking out shade when outdoors; and Wear light-weight, light-coloured, loose-fitting clothes made of breathable fabrics.
According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, some people are at greater risk of being affected by heat.
Among the most vulnerable are the elderly, bedridden individuals, as well as infants and children younger than six years of age, people who are overweight and those with preexisting medical conditions (including diabetes and hypertension).
Children should not be left in locked vehicles under any circumstances, the ministry said.
Talented Jamaican young sprinter Tina Clayton and her compatriot Serena Cole have safely progressed out of the preliminary round of the women’s 100m on day two of the World Athletics Under-20 Champion
Earlier, Jamaica’s 4x400m mixed relay team captured the bronze medal and Kobe Lawrence secured silver in the men’s shot put
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Constable Noel Maitland, the boyfriend of missing social media influencer Donna-lee Donaldson, has been charged with her murder.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey made the announc
Two members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were on Tuesday placed before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court, to answer to a murder charge and other related offences.
“These charges we
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Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah, centre, races to win a women’s 100m semifinal during the athletics in the Alexander Stadium at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant).
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Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah clocked an easy looking 11.05 seconds to win her heat and qualify for the 100m final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
Thompson-Herah, who won the bronze medal at the recent World Athletics Championships in Oregon, took victory on Wednesday ahead of Australia’s Zoe Hobbs, who clocked 11.15 to secure the other automatic qualifying spot from the heat.
The double Olympic gold medallist is in Birmingham after finishing behind Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson in a Jamaican sweep of the 100 at the World Athletics Championships.
She enters the final, which is slated for later (3:45 pm Jamaica time), with the third quickest time in the heats behind England’s Daryll Neita (PB 10.90) and St Lucia’s Julien Alfred (11.04).
Thompson-Herah’s compatriot Natalliah Whyte is the slowest of the eight qualifiers after clocking 11.17 seconds for fourth in the third and final semifinal.
The other Jamaican – Remona Burchell – crashed out after finishing fourth in the first semifinal in 11.48 seconds.
Jamaica will not be represented in the men’s final as Conroy Jones and Kemar Bailey-Cole did not progress out of the semifinals.
Talented Jamaican young sprinter Tina Clayton and her compatriot Serena Cole have safely progressed out of the preliminary round of the women’s 100m on day two of the World Athletics Under-20 Champion
Earlier, Jamaica’s 4x400m mixed relay team captured the bronze medal and Kobe Lawrence secured silver in the men’s shot put
Police say forensic evidence supports view
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Constable Noel Maitland, the boyfriend of missing social media influencer Donna-lee Donaldson, has been charged with her murder.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey made the announc
Two members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were on Tuesday placed before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court, to answer to a murder charge and other related offences.
“These charges we
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