Why Is Jamaica Locally Or Unfinished?

In August 2008, I sat before my telly, like a billion people around the world to watch the men’s 100m final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Like 2.7 million Jamaicans locally and equally overseas, we all shared an antsy anticipation as our eyes remained affixed to the start of what we hoped was an electrifying race.
The race featured the newly crowned world record holder, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, who little over two months before, broke the world record while thrashing the world champion Tyson Gay in emphatic style. The Olympic final though had no Gay but featured the just dethroned world record holder, Jamaica’s Asafa Powell, also known to many as the sub-10 king. With a third Jamaican Michael Frater also in the final, several Jamaicans watched via their tubes while they predicted or declared a 1-2-3 for Jamaica. Unfortunately, those dreams were never realized. It was the following night, ironically, that a Jamaican 1-2-2 in the women’s 100m final, surpassed all Jamaica’s dreams and expectations.
Bolt crossed the line in another world record time of 9.69s to be crowned Olympic champion and the fastest man in the world. Several Jamaicans and track and field experts have postulated what Bolt’s time could have been if he had not celebrated 15-20 metres from the line in the final. How fast could he have run that night, many ask? The models have made their final predictions and I’ll share the final