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• Usain Bolt Wins 200m at 2011 World Championships

  3 September 2011 by Karin in Sports [ no comments ]

  Usain Bolt Wins 200m at 2011 World Championships in 19.40 seconds! Congrats to the Lightening Bolt!!  

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• How Fast Can Jamaicans Really Run?

  24 June 2011 by Karin in Sports [ 1 comment ]

  Red Bull Speed Trap takes sprinting to the streets. Starting June 21, 2011 Red Bull Speed Trap will measure the top speed of all participants in order to find out how fast Jamaicans really run. Jamaicans are known to be among the ...

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• YardEdge Talks to Jim Curl About the Jake’s Off-Road Triathlon on this Saturday

  14 April 2011 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2011,Sports [ 5 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_12090" align="alignnone" width="500" caption=" Jim Curl (second from left), Jason Henzell and others from the Jake's Triathlon family"][/caption] Jim Curl has been the main organizer behind the unique and ultra cool Jake's Off-Road Triathlon held in Treasure Beach for ten years ...

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• Jakes Off-Road Triathlon 2011 Coming Up April 16

  3 April 2011 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2011,Sports [ no comments ]

  On Saturday, April 16, Jakes Hotel will be hosting the 2011 Jakes' Off-Road Triathlon in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. The Jakes Off-Road Triathlon is an annual run, bike ride and swim race --  500 meter ocean swim, 25k mountain bike, and 7k country ...

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• Jamaica’s Fat Tyre Festival Brings Cyclists Together in St. Mary

  21 February 2011 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2011,Sports [ no comments ]

  [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Talk about riding on the EDGE!  Jamaica Fat Tyre Festival - Photos courtesy of SMORBA"][/caption] The Jamaica Fat Tyre Festival is a week-long mountain biking extravaganza that highlights Jamaica's unique culture and amazing countryside trails bringing cyclists ...

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• Prissytroopers – Surfing in Jamaica

  18 April 2010 by Karin in Sports,Videos [ 1 comment ]

  Here's an interesting video from a series called "Prissytroopers" produced by David Borely which is basically a kind of travel/documentary series started in Trinidad but which has now come to Jamaica. This video is about learning to surf in Jamaica. There's lots ...

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• Jamaica Has a Dog Sled Team!

  15 March 2010 by Karin in Sports [ 9 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_7460" align="alignnone" width="682" caption="Newton Marshall"][/caption] Newton Marshall, the resident dogsled tour guide and trainer at Chukka Caribbean Adventures has become the first Jamaican to compete in Canada's biggest dog sleigh race. Congrats to Newton!

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• 15th Annual Jake’s Off Road Triathalon April 24

  16 February 2010 by Karin in Sports [ 3 comments ]

  Each year the Jake’s Off-Road Triathlon, known for its rugged race course and community-driven approach, brings athletes and spectators from overseas and around the island to Jamaica’s laid back South Coast. The annual competition, usually staged on a Sunday, will now ...

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