DESTINY IN DOHA 2019
Welcome! OLIVE MCNAUGHTON Welcome to the third edion of the Jamaica Sports 876 Magazine: Desny In Doha! the first me in just over a decade, be without three Jamaican leading and legendary athletes: Dr. the Honorable Usain Bolt (G.O.A.T);
one of the greatest female sprinters, Veronica Campbell Brown and the Sub‐Ten King, one of the most ma‐ jesc 100m sprinters, Asafa Powell . These three athletes were in the forefront of Jamaican athlecs during the Golden Era, starng with the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the iconic Bird’s Nest; and
When we started this magazine three years ago, for the 2016 Rio Olympics, ‘Reunion in RIO: Reggae Meets Samba’ , it was primarily an informaon guide to the World Championships, with a few feature arcles for the Trafalgar Sport
Jamaica Sports Director, Olive McNaughton
East in Doha, the Capital of Qatar for the first me; and is scheduled for a late start on the Athlecs Calendar on September 27, 2019. While for many, Doha certainly presents the charm of vising a new country, experiencing a new culture, cuisine and city, the tradi‐ onal ‘Jamaican Fan support’ has also been impacted by ming and distance, as well as the rerement of the World’s Greatest Athlete of All Time, Usain Bolt , aer London 2017. The Jamaican quest in Qatar takes place at a me when many believe is the end the Golden era of our country’s dominance in global sprint athlecs. The events will, for
Travelers. The response to the magazine from sports fans at the games, Jamaican from home and those in the Diaspora, was over whelming. It quickly became a collectors’ item. Since then, the magazine has been produced for each major cham‐ pionship; and has become an important part of our mission to promote ‘Brand Jamaica’, through sports, by embracing and enabling a strong fan support system for our athletes at major global events; and greater visibility for ‘Brand Jamaica’, on and off the track.
cemented at the 2009 Berlin World Championships , where Jamaican athlecs punched way above its weight, with world records and table‐topping medal hauls. Ten years later, ‘Desny in Doha’ signals the start of a new era, as the world waits to see where Jamaican track and field will go aer the exit of these sprinng icons and the disappointment of the London 2017 renewal. However, leading the charge in Doha will be one of the greatest female sprinters of all me, double olympic champion and many‐me world champion Shelly Ann Fraser‐ Pryce. I have had the disnct joy and pleasure of following the
The 17th IAAF World Champion‐ ships is being held in the Middle
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