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Olympian Chantel E. Malone arrives in VI today
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Today, September 28, 2021, long jumper Chantel E. Malone will be making her first visit to her homeland, the [British] Virgin Islands, since her historic performance at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021.
Tahesia G. Harrigan-Scott calls time on illustrious athletic career
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands most successful female sprinter Tahesia G. Harrigan-Scott has hung up her spikes after a successful professional career that spanned well over a decade.
Elinah Phillip captures 2 silver medals @ Carifta Swim Meet in Jamaica
ST ANDREW, Kingston, Jamaica- While the track and field athletes from the Virgin Islands were only able to pick up a bronze medal at the 47th Flow Carifta Games in The Bahamas over the Easter weekend, swimmer Elinah Phillip has managed to pick up two silver medals at the ongoing Carifta Swimming Championships in Jamaica.
UPDATE: Harrigan-Scott to miss World Indoors semi-finals for first time
BIRMINGHAM, Great Britain, UK- Virgin Islands’ sprint queen Tahesia G. Harrigan-Scott will not be featuring in the 60m semi-finals of the World Indoor Championships for the first time since she began consistently qualifying for the event in 2008.
Phillip to compete at Carifta Swim Championship
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands swimmer and Rio Olympian Elinah Phillip will be representing the territory at the 2017 Carifta Swimming Championships, being held in Nassau, The Bahamas, beginning Saturday April 15, 2017, and hosted by the Bahamas Swimming Federation.
Hats off to Holmberg!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Peter Holmberg, the Caribbean's most famous sailor, is living proof that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things, and at this year's BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival he was awarded for his services to the sailing world.
Oscar Pistorius weeps as court hears murder charge
By BBC World
South African Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius wept in court as prosecutors said they would pursue a "premeditated murder" charge over the death of his girlfriend.