Tag: Olympic Games
Local athletes head to Japan amid COVID emergency
(CNS): With the XXXII Olympics Opening Ceremony less than two weeks away, the Cayman Islands athletes who will be competing at the games will soon be on their way to Tokyo, though the Games will be held without any spectators due to the city’s fourth COVID-19 emergency. In an effort to contain another surge of […]
Bolt loses gold medal in relay team drug scandal
(CNS): Usain Bolt’s team mate from the 2008 Olympics 4 x 100 Jamaica relay squad, Nesta Carter, has tested positive for a banned substance after samples from the Beijing Games were re-tested. As a result, the national team has been stripped of their medals, which means that Bolt has also lost the title of ‘triple-triple’ Olympic champion. […]
Forbes was determined to run despite injury
(CNS): Cayman’s 110m hurdler Ronald Forbes has spoken about his disappointment over Monday night’s result in a video interview. Explaining the battle he has had over the last three months with a serious injury, he said he was pleased to have cleared all ten hurdles. Joey Scott, his coach, said he wanted to “yank him […]
Forbes’ Rio hopes end at the hurdle heats
(CNS): With a time of 14:67, Ronald Forbes was well short of his personal best and failed to qualify for the 110-metre hurdles semi-final on a very wet Monday night in Rio. Forbes, who was the last of the Cayman team to compete, ran in heat four and missed the torrential downpour which caused a […]
Hyman misses chance to qualify for 100m semis
(CNS): Running in lane seven in the third heat of the 100 metre men’s sprint Saturday morning in Rio, Cayman’s Kemar Hyman failed to qualify for the semi-finals after running a time of 10.34.8, well short of his personal best time of 9:85, which he ran last year, or even this season’s best of 10:05. […]
Allan finishes first day of Olympic sailing
(CNS): Florence Allan became the third member of the Cayman Islands Olympic team to compete in the Rio games Monday, 8 August, when she took part in the first day of the women’s Laser Radial sailing competition. Although Allan found herself at the bottom of the pack, finishing 36th and 35th in the two races from […]
Cayman’s team outfit scores on world fashion stage
(CNS): The Cayman Islands may not win any medals at the Olympic Games in Rio this month but the outfits that the team wore at the Opening Ceremony on Friday night at the Maracanã Stadium were winners with some of the fashion pundits around the world. The Sydney Morning Herald placed the team on their […]
Butler sets national record in Rio heats
(CNS): Lara Butler’s debut at the Olympics is one the local swimmer is unlikely to forget after she set a new national record and a personal best in the 100 metre backstroke. Her time of 1:04.98 was not enough to see her through to the semi-finals, as she was several seconds off the qualifying time, […]
Butler disappointed with time at first Olympic Games
(CNS): Cayman’s Geoffrey Butler was the first of the country’s small team to compete at the Rio Games on Saturday, and although he was a long way off the qualifying time in the men’s 400 metre freestyle, the novice Olympian came in first in his small heat having swam alongside Pol Arias Dourdet from Andorra […]
Forbes to fly flag for Cayman in Rio
(CNS): Cayman’s Olympic veteran hurdler Ronald Forbes will be the country’s official flag bearer for the Cayman Islands team when they make their appearance at the opening ceremony in Rio for the 2016 summer games Friday night, wearing a 1930s retro-designed team uniform. Forbes, who will be making his third appearance at the Games in […]
