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牙买加是田径运动的宝岛吗?是短跑运动员的天堂吗?到20世纪末,牙买加运动员在世界赛场上取得的辉煌成就已经充分地证明了这一点。获得世界或奥运会冠军的牙买加运动员有:伦诺克斯·米勒,顿·夸里,伯特·喀麦隆,莫莱尼·奥蒂和迪昂·赫明斯等,另外像本·约翰逊,多诺万·贝利(加拿大),林福德·克里斯蒂(英国)等,也都是在这个加勒比岛国出生的。 然而,我们必须回到20世纪40年代才能发现那些当时在世界大赛和奥运会中大放光芒的第一代牙买加田径先锋们的名字。其中最为显赫的是赫伯特·麦克肯利。三块奥运会银牌获得者(1948年伦敦奥运会400米和1952年赫尔辛基奥运会100米和400米)。但最让人们难以忘怀的还是他在赫尔辛基奥运会男子4×400米接力决赛中的惊人表现。正是由于他的出色表现,才便得牙买加队不仅战胜了强大的美国队。获得了一枚
Is Jamaica a Treasure Island for Athletics? Is It a Sprinter’s Paradise? By the end of the twentieth century, the glorious achievements of Jamaican athletes in the world arena have fully demonstrated this. Jamaican athletes who have won world or Olympic titles are Lennox Miller, Don Quarrey, Bert Cameroon, Molanyi Otti and Dean Hemmings, while others like Ben Johnson Novan Bailey (Canada), Linford Kristi (United Kingdom), etc. are also born in this Caribbean island. However, we have to go back to the 1940s to find the first generation of Jamaican athletic vanguards who were at the time of the World Series and the Olympics. One of the most prominent is Herbert McKenzie. Three Olympic silver medalists (400 meters for the 1948 London Olympics and 100 meters and 400 meters for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics). But the most memorable was his phenomenal performance in the men’s 4x400 meter relay race at Helsinki. It is because of his outstanding performance, it was Jamaica team not only beat the powerful United States team. Got one