GENERATION 2000 (G2K) USA CONGRATULATES JAMAICA’S OLYMPIC TEAM
NEW YORK (JIS) Tuesday, august 26, 2008 - As calm returns to the streets of Beijing, China, Jamaicans around the world continue to celebrate the incredible heroics of the national teams at the Games of the 29th Olympiad which ended at the Beijing national Stadium, China, on Sunday, August 24, 2008.
The New York based Generation 2000 (G2K) hailed the 11-medal haul as both impressive and historic, noting that the total team effort has placed Jamaica at the forefront of sport globally.
The statement, over the signature of President Kevin Sangster, “congratulated the Jamaica Olympic team on its impressive and historic record-breaking performances in the just concluded 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China”.
The world class excellence of our Olympic athletes – especially the two individual women sprint events, Melaine Walker’s Olympic record 400m hurdles golden run, Usain Bolt’s two record-breaking individual gold medals, and the world record men’s 4×100m relay gold medal - has allowed us to eclipse the United States as the new track and field superpower of the world.
“Our athletes demonstrated in Beijing, quite convincingly, the capacity of the Jamaican people for exceptional greatness when we are provided with opportunities to exercise our talents as a people,” said Kevin K.O. Sangster, G2K USA president.
“That the majority of our athletes who shone brilliantly in the Olympics actually live and train locally in Jamaica, with several of them having roots in some of the country’s inner-city or poor rural communities, further highlights and exhibits the magnitude of our Olympic success,” added Sangster, a Jamaican-born attorney in Philadelphia.
The performances of our athletes have accentuated the need for us to develop a nursery to hone the athletic talents of our people so that we can become a true sports mecca. To this end, we support the government’s decision to explore the establishment of a Centre of International Sporting Excellence in Jamaica. We too share the sentiments of potentially using the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium as such a centre and making greater use of the GC Foster College to develop the sporting talents of our people and to act as an outlet to those overseas who wish to avail themselves of the training facilities and opportunities in Jamaica.
The great national pride among us Jamaicans, both at home and across the Diaspora, that resulted from our athlete’s historic performances should serve as a means of fostering greater love, respect, and co-operation among us as a people. With love and unity, we are capable of doing and achieving so much more as a people.
All Jamaicans can be justly proud of our athletes’ unprecedented and splendid achievements at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which have given Brand Jamaica worldwide recognition on which we can further capitalize as a people and a nation.
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