Photo: The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport says that the Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce statue in now in Jamaica.
The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport announced today that the statue to be erected in honour of Jamaica’s leading female sprinter, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, is now in the island.
Photo: Jamaican Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year 2016 - Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson pose for photos after being crowned at the 56th staging of the RJR National Sportsman and Sportswoman Awards Ceremony, held at the Pegasus Hotel on Friday night.
The 2016 sports year brought Jamaicans many wonderful memories and on Friday night the sports men and women who gave us much to smile about were rewarded at the 56th staging RJR National Sportsman and Sportswoman Awards Ceremony, held at the Pegasus Hotel.
Photo: Eurotrend celebrates winning back to back titles at the Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce six-a-side football competition on Sunday. Eurotrend retained the title by defeating first time finalists Ashoka Road 2-0.
Defending champion Eurotrend retained their title, and made history at the fourth staging of 2016 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce six-a-side football in her native community of Waterhouse, being the first team to win the title twice, and also back-to-back, as they defeated first time finalist Ashoka 2-0, in the final on Sunday November 20, 2016.
Photo: Job Done! Usain Bolt celebrates his third gold medal at the Rio Olympic Games after anchoring Jamaica to victory in the 4x100m on Friday night. Bolt has now won 9 gold medals in three consecutive Olympic Games.(AP Photo)
Photo: Elaine Thompson reacts to winning gold in the women's 100m final at the Rio Olympics on Saturday night. The 24 year old dethroned her teammate and training partner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to win the fastest women's 100m final race in history in a time of 10.71 (Getty images)
File Photo: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran the fastest time of 10.96s in the women's 100m on Friday night to qualify for the semi-finals.
Defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce led the Jamaican charge on day one of track and field action at the Rio Olympic Games on Friday, as all three entrants in the women’s 100m eased into Saturday’s semifinals.
Photo: Olympic Games debutants Christania Williams and Elaine Thompson along with veteren and defending 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will line up in the Women's 100m, when track and field action gets underway in the Rio Olympic Games tomorrow.
Jamaicans have been patiently waiting for the Rio Olympics ‘to begin’, that despite the games officially getting underway last Saturday. For most Jamaicans, the Olympics begin when track and field begins and now they have only a day to wait.
Photo: Simone Facey and Yohan Blake express different emotions after winning their respective 200m finals at the JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Senior Athletics Championships at the weekend. Facey became a senior national champion for the first time while Blake became double champion for the second time in his career.
Photo: Christania Williams makes up part of the MVP sweep of the women's 100m finals at the National Senior Athletics Championships on Friday night. Williams (left) celebrates with winner Elaine Thompson (centre) and defending Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (right)
Standing in the way of the Olympics for MVP sprinter Christania Williams were seven ladies who had done well enough to qualifying for the 100m final at the Jamaica National Senior Athletics Championships.
Photo: 21-year old University of Arkansas athlete, Clive Pullen celebrates after winning the National Senior Championships gold medal in the Triple Jump on Thursday. Pullen's personal best of 16.90m earned him a spot on the Olympic team to Rio.
21-year old University of Arkansas athlete, Clive Pullen, unleashed an new personal best Triple jump mark of 16.90m to win the National Senior Championships gold and edged his way into this Summer's Olympic Games in Rio Brazil in August.
