World 400m champion Sanya Richards whose favourite sport outside track & field is American football, says the kitchen is the favourtie part of the house. The Jamaican-born athlete loves R&B and Gospel music and her favourite snack is chippies banana chips while Montego Bay in Jamaica is her first choice for vacation.
Carmelita Jeter, two-time World Athletics Final champion, took time out of her busy schedule to take part in trackalerts.com off the track quiz….Question: Many sporting heroes have posed nude for magazine covers, would you for a million bucks?
American Camelita Jeter raced to another stunning time, 10.64secs, at the Shanghai IAAF Golden Grand Prix on Sunday, but said: “I am working hard but I still have a lot of work to do to challenge the world record.”
Only world record-holder Florence Griffith-Joyner and Marion Jones have run faster than Jeter’s 10.67. Griffith-Joyner’s world record from 1988 is 10.49, while Jones ran 10.65 in 1998….
I can say one thing though, I am certainly not giving up. My next big goal is the 2012 Olympics in London which might have a bit of a twist to it! I will be running yes but it might not be in the 400 meters….
When I think back on my beginnings in track and field, I realize more and more that Shot Put was God’s calling for my life. It still amazes me that the sport I once disliked became the sport that has provided me a great education and the opportunity to travel and see places I [...]
I have taken a week off from competition, after disappointing runs in Italy and France. I can truly say this has been the most disappointing year of my career because of set backs, due to injuries and my dissatisfaction with my training program.
When I think back on my beginnings in track and field, I realize more and more that Shot Put was God’s calling for my life. It still amazes me that the sport I once disliked became the sport that has provided me a great education and the opportunity to travel and see places I may [...]