Andre Lowe

Never a doubt - Bolt defies naysayers to become most decorated male in World Champs history

Published:Sunday | August 23, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe

BEIJING, China:Like he did in the semi-final a couple of hours earlier - when he almost fell on his face but came back to win - sprinting legend Usain Bolt showed that it's not how you start, but how you finish, covering an otherwise miserable...

'This one is special', says Bolt of 100m victory

Published:Sunday | August 23, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe

BEIJING, China:He saved his 100 metres world title, he saved his legacy, and perhaps he even saved track and field.Usain Bolt's 100m gold- medal run highlighted a hugely productive day for Jamaica at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing,...

Oh sleep, where art thou

Published:Sunday | August 23, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe

You know what? I think the journalists here covering the World Championships should get some medals as well.Yeah, man!For solo journalists from a country like Jamaica with so may athletes participating, such a demanding and knowledgeable public,...

Bolt is great but I gave the race away – Gatlin

Published:Sunday | August 23, 2015 | 6:50 PMAndre Lowe

BEIJING, China:American Justin Gatlin said he 'gave the race away' after losing to Usain Bolt in the final of the men's 100 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, yesterday.Gatlin has gone the better part of two years unbeaten,...

Bolt, Asafa lead Jamaica’s hunt for men’s 100m title but Gatlin looms large

Published:Saturday | August 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe

BEIJING, China:An amazing fireworks show and some colourful synchronising announced the start of the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, yesterday, but the real pyrotechnics will be unleashed today in what is expected to be a scorching men's...

Blake will return better than ever - manager

Published:Saturday | August 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe

BEIJING, China:It's been a rough couple of years for Jamaican sprinting superstar Yohan Blake who suffered two serious injuries in as many years. But, his manager Cubie Seegobin is extremely confident that the 2011 world 100-metre champion will...

On JAAA, Francis and media race

Published:Saturday | August 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe

Wow!What a start to the 2015 World Championships.An amazing opening ceremony - especially by World Championships standards - huge crowd inside the Bird's Nest, great action already in the men's 100m as the top dogs sounded their barks ahead of what...

Francis fuming after JAAA's Carter mix-up

Published:Saturday | August 22, 2015 | 5:38 PMAndre Lowe

BEIJING, China:MVP Track Club's head coach Stephen Francis was again left fuming after confirmation arrived that Nesta Carter's entry as a replacement for the injured Kemar Bailey-Cole in the 100m at the World Championships was rejected by the IAAF...

Bird's Nest 100m clash

Published:Saturday | August 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe

BEIJING, China:Sprint king Usain Bolt will lead the Jamaican trio completed by Asafa Powell and Nickel Ashmeade into the semi-finals of the men's 100 metres with one eye locked on the final a couple hours later as the IAAF World Championships in...

Thomas welcomes learning experience

Published:Saturday | August 22, 2015 | 5:58 PMAndre Lowe

BEIJING, China:Things didn't exactly go to plan for Jamaica's Danniel Thomas in the women's shot put during yesterday's opening day of the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.Already playing her role in history as Jamaica's first female...

Case closed - IAAF turns down appeal to enter Nesta Carter for 100m

Published:Saturday | August 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe, Special Projects Editor - Sports

BEIJING, China: The IAAF has turned down an official appeal by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) for Nesta Carter to be added to Jamaica’s 100 m team as a substitute for the injured Kemar Bailey...

Beijing stepping-stone for Dwyer

Published:Friday | August 21, 2015 | 2:57 PMAndre Lowe

BEIJING, China:Rasheed Dwyer has had a strange season. Struggling for form, even at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA)/Supreme Ventures National Senior Championships at which he finished fifth in the 200m. However, he exploded...

Weir can pull off another surprise

Published:Friday | August 21, 2015 | 5:41 PMAndre Lowe

Warren Weir is no stranger to pulling a surprise.In 2012, not many persons expected him to make Jamaica's team to the Olympic Games in London much less win a bronze medal in the 200m there. He would later show it was no fluke with a silver medal...

IAAF blocks Carter! - No replacement for injured Bailey-Cole

Published:Friday | August 21, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe

BEIJING, China:It has been confirmed that Jamaica will only be allowed to enter three sprinters in the men's 100m after Nesta Carter's submission as a replacement for the injured Kemar Bailey-Cole was rejected by the IAAF technical delegate at the...

AUDIO: Coach Francis livid Carter out of 100m because of JAAA blunder

Published:Friday | August 21, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe, Special Projects Editor - Sports

BEIJING, China: It has been revealed that the IAAF rejected Nesta Carter’s application replace the injured Kemar Bailey-Cole in the men's 100m because of a blunder by Jamaican administrators. And Carter's coach, the MVP...

IAAF rejects submission for Nesta Carter to replace injured Bailey-Cole

Published:Friday | August 21, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe, Special Projects Editor - Sports

BEIJING, China: The IAAF has rejected Jamaica's application for Nesta Carter to replace the injured Kemar Bailey-Cole in the men's 100m event at the 15th World Championships which gets underway this evening Jamaica time. Jamaican had...