PM
congratulates J'can team on outstanding performance
Sept. 5th, 2011
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding has congratulated the Jamaican team on "the spectacular and outstanding performance" at the just concluded IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.
Golding said a more fitting climax to the Games could not have been scripted as the men's 4X100 metres relay team won the gold medal, setting a new world record, following on the brilliant performance of the Jamaican women in winning the Silver medal in the women's 4x100 metres relay. Golding said all Jamaicans were beaming with pride.
"Yes, there were moments of heartbreak but these were just as quickly abandoned with more crowning moments of outstanding triumph by our team members. We are all extremely proud of the team which has made Jamaica finish the World Championships in fourth place with four gold, four silver and one bronze medals.
"We look forward to the 2012 Olympics which takes place in the year when we celebrate our 50th anniversary as an independent nation, proud of the achievements of this very small nation and the continued hard work of our people here at home and throughout the Diaspora, as we continue to stamp our mark of greatness as a people in just about every area of endeavour," Golding concluded.
And Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett also extended congratulations to the team of athletes who did the nation proud in Daegu, Korea.
Bartlett said the exploits of the athletes had now made his work of marketing the destination much easier.
"I am a proud minister of tourism today (yesterday) because my job is made easier because of the power of our Jamaican people in their various fields of endeavour," the tourism minister said.
Bartlett who was speaking yesterday at the JLP's Area Council Four meeting in Westmoreland expressed confidence that next year the athletes would bring further glory to the nation during the Olympics Games to be held in London, England.
"I am saying that tourism is going to be in the centre of the activities in London so that we can continue to use the genius of our people to bring economic benefit to the people of Jamaica," he added.
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