THE OLYMPICS

I thought Jamaica did well at the Olympics. We won a total of 4 gold medals, 1 silver and 4 bronze medald. My biggest disappointment was the men's 4x100 relays. Hope they will do better at the World Championships next year. But I think we've put ourselves on the map once again. We've shown the world that we little, but we tallawah.

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