Keshorn walcott biography definition

  • Athletics at the 2016 summer olympics – men's javelin throw
  • Javelin throw final
  • Czech javelin

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    Keshorn woos fans

    Sean Nero

    Olympic gold medal­list Keshorn Wal­cott cre­at­ed his­to­ry on Sat­ur­day, be­com­ing the coun­try's on­ly Olympian to de­vel­op a com­mer­cial ap­par­el brand.

    Wal­cott launched his kvartet lines of T-shirts at The Fan Club, Trinci­ty Mall, in the pres­ence of Sports and Youth Af­fairs Min­is­ter Dar­ryl Smith, T&T Olympic Com­mit­tee (TTOC) pres­i­dent Bri­an Lewis, his man­ag­er Sean Roach and scores of fans.

    The coun­try's sec­ond Olympic gold medal­list ex­pressed re­lief that brand was fi­nal­ly on the mar­ket af­ter so much time on the draw­ing board.

    The ma­jor chal­lenge in ad­vanc­ing the project, said Wal­cott, was set­tling on the de­sign to gar­ner wide­spread pub­lic ap­peal.

    Even­tu­al­ly, he ex­plained, the de­ci­sion was tak­en to use his lo­go and in­clude the T&T word­ing, which would en­sure not on­ly his brand would be in fo­cus, but the peo­ple of this coun­try, too.

    "I think we hit it on the head. We did a few first–whi

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    Walcott wins shock javelin gold

    Trinidad and Tobago's Keshorn Walcott created history by becoming the first athlete from a Caribbean nation to win the men's javelin sista in London.

    Walcott, at just 19, stunned a class field to win with a national record of 84.58 metres, edging out Ukraine's Oleksandr Pyantnytsya (84.51m) and Finland's Antti Ruuskanen (84.12m).

    He achieved the feat on his second throw, beating his previous årstid best of 82.83m.

    Two-time champion Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway placed sixth with a best throw of 82.63m.

    The victory follows Walcott's win at the world junior championships in Barcelona less than a month ago.

    "I'm surprised I even made the final," Walcott said.

    "I just went out there to relax and enjoy it, and it worked for me."

    Not only did Walcott win Trinidad and Tobago's maiden javelin gold, he became just the second non-European to top the podium in the event.

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    LAWRENCE SCOTT: AUTHOR
    Lawrence Scott is an author from Trinidad and Tobago who currently resides in London. Mr. Scott was Writer in Residence at the University of the West Indies in 2004. He divides his time between writing and teaching Literature and Creative Writing. In 2006-2009 he was a Senior Research Fellow of The Academy for Arts, Letters, Culture and Public affairs at The University of Trinidad & Tobago (UTT).

    His first novel Witchbroom (Hbk. Allison & Busby, 1992; Pbk. Heinemann, 1993) was short-listed for a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 1993 for Best First Book in Canada & the Caribbean. It was also a BBC Book At Bed Time, 1993.

    This was followed by a collection of short stories Ballad for the New World (Pbk. Heinemann 1994) including the prize-winning short story The House of Funerals (The Society of authors’ Tom-Gallon Award 1986). Allison Busby published Aelred’s Sin (Opbk 1998) which won a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book in Canada the Caribbean