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Jamaica’s junior athletes led the country to second place on the medal table of the World Under-20 Championships, which ended in Cali, Colombia on Saturday.

Jamaica ended the six-day championships with 16 medals, their best-ever medal haul. The 16 medals is the most of any country at these championships. However, the winner is determined by the gold medal tally and the USA finished with more gold to top the table.

The USA won seven gold with Jamaica securing six. In addition to the seven gold, the USA won four silver and four bronze for a medal haul of 15, one less than Jamaica.

Jamaica secured seven silver and three bronze to add to the six gold medals.

Ethiopia round out the top three with six gold medals, the same as Jamaica but they had five silver and a bronze for a medal haul of 12.

Jamaica finished the final day with a flourish by winning four medals – a gold and three silver.

The impressive Kerrica Hill accounted for the gold medal. She secured an easy victory in the 100m hurdles with her teammate Alexis James copping the silver.

Hill secured the victory in a new championships record of 12.77 seconds while James clocked a personal best of 12.87.

Hungary’s Anna Toth won the bronze in a national U20 record of 13 seconds flat.

Both the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams also won silver medals behind the USA.

The top 10 countries are listed below:

United States – 7 gold, four silver, four bronze – 15Jamaica – 6 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze – 16Ethiopia – six gold, five silver, 1 bronze – 12Kenya – 3 gold, 3 silver, four bronze – 10South Africa – 2 gold, one silver, two bronze – 5Turkey – 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze – 4France – 2 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze – 3Germany – 1 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze – 8Sweden – 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze – 4Finland – 1 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze – 3

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Twenty-seven-year-old Mario Hinds otherwise called ‘Panka’, of Pink Lane in Kingston 14 has been arrested and charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of firearm following an incident on Friday, July 29.

Reports from the Elletson Road police are that at about 7:25 pm, the complainant was walking home along with a young child when a silver motor car with Hinds and three others aboard drove up behind her and stopped.

Hinds and two other men alighted from the car, one armed with a firearm and they proceeded to rob the complainant of her knapsack containing an LG A20 Cell phone valued twenty thousand Jamaican dollars, fifty thousand Jamaican dollars, a cheque in the complainant’s name to be cashed for thirty-nine thousand Jamaican dollars, one Amazon tablet, one blood pressure machine valued at nine thousand Jamaican dollars), blood sugar machine valued at two thousand Jamaican dollars, one pill cutter valued five hundred Jamaican dollars, one National Commercial Bank (NCB) card, and her driver’s license.

The men then made good their escape in the area in the said motor car.

The police acting on information subsequently arrested Hinds and the cell phone and tablet found in his possession. Hinds was positively identified to the police and was charged on Friday, August 05. His court date is being finalised.

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There is now bumper-to-bumper traffic in some sections of the Corporate Area as scores of Jamaicans are now making their way to the National Stadium to attend the Independence Day Grand Gala.

Approximately 30,000 spectators are expected to attend the event, which is part of Jamaica’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

The cultural showcase, which is slated to begin at 6:00 pm, will feature presentations in music, drama, song and dance, by costumed and uniformed groups alongside popular local artistes.

Addressing the House of Representatives on July 26, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, said members of the public who wish to attend the Grand Gala may get their tickets at Sangster’s Bookstore locations in Cross Roads, Spring Plaza, Portmore Pines, and Montego Bay; World Net Microfinancing branches and Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) offices islandwide.

She added that tickets will also be distributed at the Jamaica 60 Independence Village inside the National Stadium and that other locations will be announced.

“Those who are not able to get tickets, it will be live on television, electronic boards across the island and we will be streaming right across the world,” Ms. Grange noted.

During the event, Sanchez and Derrick Morgan will be honoured with the Music Icon Award for their sterling contribution to the popularity of Jamaican music on the world stage.

She said that about 2,500 performers and crew drawn from communities across the Corporate Area and St. Catherine will perform at the Independence Grand Gala.

Some of the special guest performers include Beenie Man, Barrington Levy, Teejay, Toni-ann Singh, Glacia Robinson, and Tessanne Chin.

“It is going to be extremely grand and there will be a special high-profile guest from overseas who will be present,” she said.

Ms. Grange noted that in addition to the fireworks display, there will be a spectacular drone show. The drone show will also be a feature at the Western Gala on August 7.

“We will also have a flyover by a friendly country and we are going to have paratroopers from Guyana participating in the event as well,” she said.

Minister Grange pointed out that the celebrations on Independence Day will be held islandwide and include flag-raising ceremonies, sports festival, mini gala, gospel concerts, street dances, among others.

She informed that the Western Mini Gala will be held on August 7. “So, it is not competing with the gala in Kingston on the sixth, but they will have their own space and time on August 7,” she said.

The Western Gala will feature Jermaine Edwards, Govana, Tessanne Chin, Teejay, La-lee, among others.

“As we celebrate our Diamond Jubilee and we reignite our nation for greatness, we also want to reignite our nation for togetherness,” the Minister said.

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Saint Lucia’s track dreams at this year’s Commonwealth Games remain alive as the Men’s 4x100m Relay Team qualified on Saturday at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

The quartet of Delan Edward, Lenyn Leonce, Michael Joseph and Stephan Charles ran a record-breaking 39.96s in the Men’s 4x100m Relay – Round 1 Heat 2, finishing fourth.

Nigeria took first place with 38.85s, with Kenya and The Gambia copping second and third places with 38.92s and 39.77s respectively.

Team Saint Lucia’s performance on Saturday smashed the previous National Record, which stood at 40.96s.

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“Basically, we were well prepared for the 4x100m Relay,” said Henry Bailey, Athletics Team Coach, following the race. “I mean, the boys worked extremely hard, and, of course, one of our major objectives was achieved, in that we were able to set a new National Record.”

He added: “It’s our first Men’s 4x100m Relay Team at the Commonwealth Games. Previously, we had a 4x100m Relay Team at the Panam Games.”

Sunday’s Finals will feature Nigeria, Kenya, The Gambia, Saint Lucia, England, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Singapore.

Bailey said the team is now focused on resetting its goals to see whether they can better both their time and place in the Men’s 4x100m Relay Finals on Sunday.

Team Captain, Lenyn Leonce, said the win was a relief for the team, having made a few errors in the race.

“We had a shaky performance at first. Our exchanges weren’t as good as they should have been. But it’s something that we’re working on and we’re just glad that we got the new National Record and we’re in the Finals,” Leonce explained.

As for expectations for Sunday’s Finals, he said: “Anything can happen in the Finals. We’re just going to go out there and do our best. Whatever the result is, we’ll be fine with it. Hopefully, we’ll get a new National Record again on the one we just established.

Source: Commonwealth Games (Saint Lucia). Headline photo: Saint Lucia’s Men’s 4x100m Relay Team following their record-breaking feat at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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