video – Athletics in Jamaica

An inspiring documentary. The values taught by sport.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the small island nation of Jamaica won 11 track and field medals, including 6 golds — the most first-place finishes for any country in the world except the United States and Russia. For a country with a population smaller than the city of Chicago, to accomplish those feats while also breaking three world records had the rest of the world asking, “What makes Jamaicans so fast?”

PBS Frontline – Rough Cut

Jamaica: Girls on Track

Click PLAY or watch it on PBS.org. (12min)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/js/pap/embed.js?frow03n31c2qbcb

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Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

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