Jamaica's 100-metre Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (centre) is flanked by silver medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (left) and bronze medallist Shericka Jackson as they celebrate yesterday on the podium with their medals after the Jamaicans completed a sweep of the women's 100m event during the Tokyo 2020
TOKYO, Japan — As Jamaica prepares to bid farewell to Alia Atkinson, its most successful swimmer at the international stage, the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) is planning to concentrate on water sports in the next quadrennial, but not to the exclusion of other sporting disciplines.
Jamaica, long revered as a sprint power in world athletics, was on track to realise the ambitious Jamaica Olympic Association's (JOA) 10-in-20 campaign when the novel coronavirus pandemic struck, argues JOA President Christopher Samuda.
President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Christopher Samuda, says one of his main objectives during the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, is to strengthen existing bilateral agreements with other organisations and establish new ones, with the view of aiding the development of local minor
TOKYO, Japan - "The important thing in the Olympics is not winning, but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering, but fighting well."
That's a quote from Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, and for Jamaica's
Jamaica's athletes were pivotal in the design of the gear that 13 sponsored Puma countries will wear during the staging of the Tokyo Olympic Games. The athletes were consulted in February 2019 during the development stages of the design when executives from Puma visited and travelled
For athletes heading to Tokyo for the Olympic Games, winning medals would rank high on their list of priorities. For every Jamaican athlete who medals at the Tokyo Games, there is now an even greater incentive as anyone who wins a medal will get a
Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda has sought to reassure the Jamaican delegation heading to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that the Games will be safe
Christopher Samuda was today re-elected president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) beating Alan Beckford 40-10 in the run-off for the post at the extraordinary Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Knutsford Court hotel in Kingston.
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) will be investing $15 million into its Equipment Grant to benefit its member bodies. The financing for the programme was secured through a three-year partnership worth $45 million with Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL), the Association said. It said the funds are
