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Jamaican Champs: Zharnel Hughes Breaks Yohan Blake’s “Champs” 100m Record With 10.12

The crowd sent absolutely nuts as two high schooler ran 10.12 and 10.16. LRC on site with video and more.
March 29, 2014

Jamaica Day 4: Rare Insider Access To A Racers Track Club Workout With Yohan Blake And Warren Weir, And Watching Track In The Bathroom At Usain Bolt's Sports Bar

Steve was given unprecedented access to a workout session of the famed Racers Track Club and learned the sprinters actually work their asses off. Afterwards, he celebrated in style at Usain Bolt's sports bar. Steve loved the establishment - the only problem was the only place he got to watch track on the TV was in the bathroom.
March 28, 2014

Jamaica Day 3: Lifting with Yohan Blake; Hanging at the car wash with Warren Weir; Getting pumped up with Calabar High; and a 1 AM 10 Mile Run In Kingston

Steve Soprano went inside the weight room with sprint stars Yohan Blake and Warren Weir and then had lunch at the car wash with Weir, who later gave a crazy 'Champs' pump up speech to Calabar High. Before the night was done, Steve decided he absolutely had to go for a 10 mile run at 1 am on the streets of Kingston.
March 27, 2014

Meet Zharnel Hughes: The 18 yr old has a shot a taking down Yohan Blake’s 10.21 and Usain Bolt's 20.25 'Champs' records

Is 18 year old, Zharnel Hughes, of Anguilla the heir apparent to Usain Bolt? Steve Soprano went to the old school IAAF High Performance Training Center in Kingston, Jamaica that helped produced Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake to find out.
March 26, 2014

Jamaica Day 2: Weird French Fries, "Hey Arnold!", Inconsistent Pricing And I Have Clothes

The adventures of world traveler Steve Soprano (aka 1.1) continue. The good news is 1.1's bags have arrived and he's rigged his hotel room to charge his computer,  but the bad news is he has no idea that gas is sold per liter, not per gallon, in Jamaica, or what hotel food prices are.
March 26, 2014

LetsRun.com Goes To Jamaica - Jamaica Day 1: Arrival Day: Running Shirtless, Commando In Pants In Jamaica, On A Treadmill At 10pm

You're not an official international traveler until your bags have been lost so it's good Employee 1.1 can check that off. But how do you run with no underwear?
March 24, 2014
Jamaica
March 23, 2014 to March 30, 2014

Outside Letsrun

Jamaica Boys And Girls 100m Champ Zharnel Hughes Likely To Compete For UK In 2016 Olympics

He can compete at Worlds and Commonwealth Games for Anguilla, but will need to choose a country with an Olympic committee for 2016. Right now he says that competing for the UK would be the "best choice". *2nd article: Hughes could join UK LJ record holder Shara Proctor who is from Anguilla, but competes for the UK *LRC Jamaican Champs: Zharnel Hughes Breaks Yohan Blake’s “Champs” 100m Record With 10.12 *LRC Meet Zharnel Hughes: The 18 yr old has a shot a taking down Yohan Blake’s 10.21 and Usain Bolt's 20.25 'Champs' records  
April 2, 2014

Calabar’s Javon Francis breaks Usain Bolt's 45.35 'Champs' record with ridiculous 45.00

March 30, 2014

Meet Warren Weir - the man whom Glen Mills calls the 'heart and soul' of his Racers Track Club

He's not as well known as Bolt and Blake but has a lot of respect within the club.
March 30, 2014

JAAA head: "I find it very disingenuous when people say Jamaica is a dope-tained country.. We have no question that our athletes are clean."

Dr. Blake doesn't know why Travis Tygart, a man whom he's never spoken to, is talking about anti-doping in Jamaica.
March 27, 2014

Zharnel Hughes ready for O'Hara clash

He's looking forward to racing 10.29 100m man Michael O'Hara whom he respects.
March 26, 2014

More on Zharnell Hughes: Is he be the region's next star?

"My mother is here for 'Champs', and I'm so happy with that, because I always runwell in front of her. With 'Champs' I'm not used to the atmosphere and that's the only thing I'm worried about." His mother is Jamaican so it's not out of the realm of possibility that he ultimately competes for Jamaica.
March 26, 2014

More on IAAF High Peformance Training Center (HPTC)

Half the athletes are far, far away including four from Mauritius.
March 26, 2014
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