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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