Team Bahamas.
After three days of intense competition at the National Stadium, the Bahamas finished second overall at the 2018 Carifta Games with 35 medals.
Jamaica led the pack with a total of 82 medals, with Trinidad and Tobago in third place with 17.
Don’t miss Tuesday’s Tribune for full coverage of the event.
Comments
John 6 years, 8 months ago
Do they do random drug testing st the CARIFTA? Those Jamaicans were flying! As the medal count and number of new records confirms. Many of the Bahamian athletes seemed ‘sluggish ‘ compared to the Jamaicans and overrun their races trying to keep pace with the Jamaicans so they didn’t have good finishes. Too much fast food, maybe. POOR Haiti! Did they even win a race? But at least they did come out and compete and finish their events even when they got lapped.
jamaicaproud 6 years, 8 months ago
Come on guy. Let's praise the youth of the Caribbean, and congratulate the Bahamas for putting on a great show. Don't throw shade and leave poor Haiti alone.
ThisIsOurs 6 years, 8 months ago
Gee I remember when we got excited just to see one Bahamian at the Olympics, just for a chance to see our flag in the parade of nations, no hopes of medaling but we showed up.
The Jamaicans are superior athletes plain and simple, I think the Bahamas did well, and we can go better,... maybe I'm the only Bahamian who didn't expect us to win. I was looking for "a" win in the relays, but CURTIS gave me just as much chance to cheer. Who would have thought the 3000m would be an exciting race
sheeprunner12 6 years, 8 months ago
John ........ Jamaicans see success in track & field as a means to an end to get out of poverty and Jamaica ........ In The Bahamas, sports is still bragging rights for the small clique of track club coaches and their chosen private school athletes ......... The majority of Bahamian public school athletes and coaches are not included in the BAAA decision-making. If parents do not have money to send their children to private track clubs, there is little chance of these children getting discovered for Carifta etc.
So, Jamaica will continue to double up The Bahamas in Carifta ..... It is not about GDP, it is about investment and inclusion.
Bahamian fans have quit on trying to support Carifta Track because most do not see it as representing the country anymore, but about special interests in Nassau and Freeport.
This Minister of Sports MUST call out these selfish BAAA coaches.
jamaicaproud 6 years, 8 months ago
Man you just can't be nice. If your logic made any sense, then the Haitians would be mashing down the place. Jamaicans run for the same reason Bahamians do. They love it.
sheeprunner12 6 years, 8 months ago
You are just delusional ......... Jamaicans are looking for the next big break, Bahamians are all about image, Haitians are just living to see the next day ......... Guess you do not know Jamaica, Haiti, or The Bahamas.
jamaicaproud 6 years, 8 months ago
So you are saying, everyone in the Bahamas has "made it", and is just "flossing". You are so hateful and delusional. Stop smoking bad ganja.
economist96 6 years, 7 months ago
Well, sheeprunner12 you're obviously ignorant. Have you ever been to Jamaica? did you know of a population of approximately 3million people we have a poverty rate of 14.3%? while the poverty rate in your country is 14.8% and most of these athletes attend some of the most prestigious high schools in Jamaica and in the Caribbean and they do excel in academia so saying track is a means of getting out of Jamaica is a highly flawed and ignorant, and saying Jamaicans are look for the next big break is ridiculous. Maybe because the talent pool in Jamaica is greater you're just jealous?
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