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2024 'is more about consistency'- Adaejah T. Hodge
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, USA – [British] Virgin Islands Sprinter Adaejah T. Hodge says consistency, on and off the track, will be the focus of her 2024 senior year.
Kyron A. McMaster wins semi-final of Olympic 400m Hurdles
TOKYO, Japan- Virgin Islands track star Kyron A. McMaster has become the second athlete from the territory to reach an Olympic Final, winning his semi-final race in the 400m Hurdles in Tokyo, Japan minutes ago, August 1, 2021.
LIME BVI backs Road Racing Champion Reuben J. A. Stoby
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- LIME BVI has announced that it has come to the support of Road Racing Champion of the Virgin Islands Reuben J. A. Stoby as he seeks to make his dream of competing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan a reality.
Bolt may extend career to 2020 Olympics
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI — The fastest man ever, Usain St Leo Bolt says he has considered the possibility of extending his remarkable sprinting career to the 2020 Olympics — but is targeting a history-making new world 200m record at this year’s Rio de Janeiro games first.
Bolt not among 'suspicious' athletes - BBC
JAMAICA GLEANER
Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has been excluded from a list of more than 800 athletes who it is alleged that between 2001 and 2012 returned blood tests described by experts as "highly suggestive of doping or at the very least abnormal", according to the BBC.
VI's Brockbank & Andersen move up in ISAF World Cup 2015
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chris Brockbank and Alec Andersen of the Virgin Islands used a strong finish in the final race of the day at the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Cup in Miami, Florida, USA on Wednesday January 28, 2015, to move up to 42nd in a field of 58 49er sailors.
India Olympics ban lifted after new officials elected
BBC
A ban on India's Olympic Association (IOA) has been lifted, allowing the country to return to the Olympic fold, officials said.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Tahesia G Harrigan-Scott
By Ron Henry
Our Young Professional for this week has lived a storied athletic career and is one of the Virgin Islands’ most treasured daughters of the soil. This week Virgin Islands News Online proudly presents Tahesia Harrigan-Scott.
VI Athletes need support system – Hon. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Education and Culture in the Virgin Islands (VI) Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, said the difference between athletes coming from the VI and those from other Caribbean countries, is the support system.
Usain Bolt wins third gold in Jamaica 4x100m relay victory
By BBC
Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the 2012 Olympics as he anchored Jamaica's sprint relay team to a sensational world record.