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Jamaica’s Sports Minister Olivia Grange remains confident in the nation's athletics dominance, despite coaching Zambia's athletes.
Jamaica’s minister of sports Olivia Grange remains confident that the Caribbean nation is still on the top when it comes to athletics.
The athletics federation is gearing up to welcome a strong delegation from Zambia, comprising two coaches and six athletes to teach them several skills to dominate the global stage next season.
When people talk about athletics in Zambia, one of the names that stands out is Muzala Samukonga who won a bronze medal in the 400m at the Paris Olympic Games.
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Zambia wants to increase that medal haul at the LA 2028 Olympics and hopefully even at the 2025 World Championships and their athletics federation believes learning from Jamaicans is the best thing to do.
However, there have been concerns that once the Jamaicans give Zambians nuggets of wisdom concerning making it to the top, they will beat them mercilessly.
Grange believes that Jamaicans are good at what they do and they will always be on the top when it comes to dominating athletics.
“People always say, why are our clubs and our coaches training other people to beat us? I don’t see it that way because, one, we are good at what we do, not only our athletes but also our coaches,” Grange said.
“It’s a compliment when other countries want to draw upon our skills. But the more they draw upon our skills, it is the more we are motivated to beat them.”
Jamaica’s reputation in athletics is one to be admired and top athletes from all around the world also prefer training from there and even getting Jamaican coaches.
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For instance, 100m hurdles world record holder Tobi Amusan and Great Britain’s fastest man Zharnel Hughes train under Usain Bolt’s former coach Glen Mills. It is also reported that Tobi Amusan’s former coach was a Jamaican.
Jamaica has also produced some of the greatest sprinters in history with the fastest man and woman alive coming from the Island. Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson-Herah hold those titles.
Legendary athletes like Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson and Yohan Blake also hail from Jamaica.
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