July 17, 2024
Lacarthea Cooper
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Weighing in on the Olympic debate
THERE has been much public debate over a controversy that has brewed because of the fact that the Bahamas Olympic Committee has not been respected for the role that it plays in the landscape of sports in the country.
Lacarthea Cooper: ‘I am sad I cannot compete with them’
Less than 24 hours after the Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC) ratified a 20-member contingent set to represent the nation at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, social media became flooded with outrage as quarter-miler Lacarthea Cooper was snubbed from the team despite finishing in the top three of the 400m event at the BAAA Junior and Senior Nationals.
Lacarthea upset she did not make the team
LACARTHEA Cooper said while she has no objection to Grand Bahamian Shania Adderley being named to the Olympic team, she felt she should not be deprived of her opportunity to travel with Team Bahamas to Paris, France.
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