Track?&?field?medals at the 41st CARIFTA Games in Bermuda have been as scarce for Barbados as brown sugar on the supermarket shelves.
Shut out of the gold medals on the first two days, Barbados had to turn to its biggest star Akela Jones for glory and the imposing six-footer duly delivered with a win on Monday, Easter bank holiday, in the long jump for under-20 girls.
For Jones, who turns 17 on April 22, it was an early birthday gift that helped minimize the disappointments of the weekend.
Here, Jones, whose winning leap was measured at 6.18 metres, soars through the air in Hamilton.
Glory girl
Previous article
Next article
Related Articles
PNM vows to repeal four laws when back in office
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) has pledged to repeal...
Man admits to touching woman’s backside twice
by Sandra Downes
Damarco Najae Morris will be sentenced in the new year for touching a woman on her...
Shai Hope with match-winning knock against India
Shai Hope made another magnificent century to lead West Indies to one of their greatest wins in T20...
Rock-thrower fined
by Sandra Downes
The man who stood beside Jackson Main Road and threw a rock at a vehicle earlier...

