In June 2017, when the Christopher Samuda-led governing body for Olympic and non-Olympic sports assumed office, the mantra was and continues to be “it will be business unusual” which has become the way of life at its corporate office at Olympic Manor at 9 Cunningham Avenue, Kingston.
Para-Taekwondo athlete to the Paralympic Games Shauna-Kay Hines was left gushing about her experience on her return to the island from Tokyo, Japan, on Monday.
Mr Christopher Samuda, the JOA president, is reported as saying that the headquarters, which will retain its name, Olympic Manor, “will be foremost a family home for members, but, importantly, it will be a centre... where the collective vision will drive a unified mission for sport and sport development”.
For the Jamaica Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (JABBFA), they now have that champion feeling because they were able to have the country represented at the 2021 International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness’ 48th Central American and Caribbean Championships, which went down at mid-August in El Salvador’s capital with a similar name, San Salvador.
Jamaica's Alb erto Campbell will start his quest for a medal this morning (Jamaica time) when he lines up in the first heat of the men's T20 400m at the Paralympic Games at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium.
Campbell, who is one of two track and field athletes in the delegation, switched his allegiance from Australia where he also holds citizenship after he migrated there as a child.
The other track and field athlete, Sylvia Grant, finished 10th in the F57 women's discus throw on Friday with a season's best throw of 23.12m.
Campbell, who has a personal best 49.44 seconds time, ran a best of 51.32 seconds so far this year and will hope to finish in the top three to secure automatic qualification to the final round.
France's Charles-Antoine comes into the race with the best time this year after running is personal best 48.64 seconds, just ahead of Spain's Deliber Rodriquez Ramirez, who ran 48.98 seconds.
On Saturday night, Jamaica time, Theodor Subba lost both of his fights in his debut in the men's +100kg judo, both to more experienced opponents at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.
In the first round he lost to Iran's Kheirollahzadeh Mohammadreza, a former Para World Champion in Portugal in 2018 and who was also second at the Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, the same year.
Mohammadreza, who went on to win the gold medal, won by a 10-0 scoreline and Subba, who advanced to the repêchage also lost to Azerbaijan's four-time Paralympian and former World and European Champion Iiham Zakiyev by the same score.
There was an awful lot of fear surrounding the hosting of the Games of 32nd Olympiad, even after a one-year delay, but at the close of the 17-day event, Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda has hailed the organisers for delivering a safe and secured Olympics.
The JOA is committed to the development of athletes and supports the development of high performance in both traditional and non-traditional sports
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