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Tyrone Smith Wins Bronze in Switzerland
Only four days after winning a Gold medal in the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Puerto Rico, Tyrone Smith has done it again – winning a Bronze medal at the Luzern Spitzen Leichtathletik Track Meet held yesterday [July 21] in Switzerland. Mr Smith recorded the same leap of 8.06m which won him Gold in Puerto Rico, however this time... Read more of this article
Tyrone Smith Wins Gold At CAC
Tyrone Smith won the Gold Medal in the Men’s Long Jump with a leap of 8.06m in the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Track and Field Championships, in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Smith who had a winning Leap of 8.06m said, “I was really feeling good, I felt it was my time to win another CAC Long Jump Championship.” Lamont Marshall finished... Read more of this article
Tyrone Smith Qualifies For 2012 Olympics
Long jumper Tyrone Smith qualified for the 2012 Olympics this evening [June 30] BTFA President Donna Watson said, “Tyrone has just qualified for World Championships and the Olympics with a leap of 8.16m in the Long Jump.” “Tyrone was competing at a track meet at Rice University in Texas. We are very excited and proud of him. We knew... Read more of this article
Tyrone Smith Wins In Germany
Tyrone Smith won the Men’s Long Jump at the 13th Internationals Leichtathletik Track Meet in Dessau, Germany yesterday [June 1]. Mr Smith topped the Men’s Long Jump Leaderboard with a leap of 7.88m, Povilas Mykolaitis of Lithuania finished second with a leap of 7.82m, while Wilfredo Martinez of Cuba finished third leaping 7.75m. This win follows... Read more of this article
Tyrone Smith Finishes 3rd in Dakar
Bermuda National Record holder Tyrone Smith finished third at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in the Senegalese capital of Dakar. Mr Smith’s best leap of 7.79m came on his second attempt. After the first round he was in second place with a leap of 7.58m behind Yahya Berrabah of Morocco who leaped 7.88. He remained in second place after his second... Read more of this article
Tyrone Smith Finishes 7th In China
Bermuda Athlete of the Year Tyrone Smith finished the 7th in the long jump at the Dunlop Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in China. Mitchell Watt of Australia produced an effort of 8.44m to win, equaling his own world-leading mark and setting a meeting record. Su Xiongfeng of China leapt a personal best of 8.19m to claim second place, with Ignisious Gaisah... Read more of this article
Tyrone Smith Wins Grand Prix In Japan
[Updated] Bermuda’s Tyrone Smith has won the Men’s Long Jump at the IAAF World Challenge/Seiko Golden Grand Prix in Japan. Mr Smith, the Bermuda National Record Holder, won the long jump with a leap of 8.09, just beating out Mitchell Watt of Australia who had come into the competition as the favourite. In third place was Japan’s Yohei Sugai... Read more of this article
Videos: Athletes of The Year Announced
On Saturday night [Feb.26], the Annual Sports Awards were presented with long jumper Tyrone Smith and basketball player Jenaya Wade-Fray named the Male and Female Athletes of the Year, and sprinter Jeneko Place and swimmer Emma Franklin winning the inaugural Male and Female Junior Athletes of the Year. Tyrone Smith being announced as the Male Athlete... Read more of this article
Photos: Bermuda’s Top Athletes Honoured
The 30th Annual Sports Awards were presented last night [Feb. 26] with long jumper Tyrone Smith and basketball player Jenaya Wade-Fray named the Male and Female Athletes of the Year. They are both pictured below: Sprinter Jeneko Place and swimmer Emma Franklin won the inaugural Male and Female Junior Athletes of the Year. The Male and Female Minister’s... Read more of this article
CACAC Announce 2010 Bermuda Athletes of Year
The 2010 Central American and Caribbean Athletics Confederation [CACAC] announced Shianne Smith [pictured to the left] and Tyrone Smith as Bermuda’s Female and Male Best Athletes of 2010. Earlier this year, Shianne Smith shattered the Bermuda National Heptathlon Record with 5,127 points. She studied kinesiology at Cal State University, and competed... Read more of this article
Commonwealth Games: Tyrone Smith Places 5th
Bermuda top athletes continue to represent the island in the 2010 Commonwealth Games being held in Delhi, India, with our top finish to date being a very impressive 5th. Long jumper Tyrone Smith put on an top class performance to claim a 5th place finish in the Men’s Long Jump Final with his best leap being 7.76. Mr. Smith was the last jumper of... Read more of this article
Commonwealth Games Update: Two Advance
Two of Bermuda’s top athletes have advanced to the next round in the Commonwealth Games which are now underway in India. Bermuda’s top long jumper Tyrone Smith is through to the finals, and swimmer Roy Allan Burch has advanced to the semi final round. Tyrone Smith finished fifth in the Qualification Group A with a leap of 7.49m. His best... Read more of this article
