 Yeah, we're back on the sports map zone talking some track and field because we've got Dennis Gordney here He's the J3 is media liaison officer and he was in Budapest for the outstanding performances by the Jamaican team There and there were some disappointments Broadbell falling in in the hurdles among the the big disappointments because he was one of the the race favorites but of course Dennis there were on the other side of the coin some Surprisingly impressive performances Daniel Williams reclaiming her Sprint hurdles were a title that she had won in 2015 and Antonio Watson with a 400 meter win that many people did not expect What's your overall assessment of the Jamaican performance in Budapest? It is our second greatest performance at that level, but we with a little look we would have been far ahead We are third in the medal Scenario, but we are second in terms of medal one spin and points and points spin got four medals But they got four goals, so they would have been ahead of us based on quality But for me the low and the high so let me start with the low I thought When Jaden went down It was a great disappointment and the he was a triple-jump favor. Oh, yeah, he was favored to win Broadbell early in in in the main 110 And of course we were expecting a medal from the triple-jump women as well but Everything we do we should put guard first. There was a prior meeting and The athletes Let all your goal and Kimberley Williams prayed For the nail right and I was the ending of crying because it was so emotional And I said to her you need to get back into that zone of 2015 so We expected her to perform, but honestly, we didn't expect her to win gold. We we had her for a medal but in lane two She just run the rest of her life similarly to the 2015 when nobody expected her And so that gave the camper lift Honestly, I was not surprised with Watson. I was at the training. I saw the coach clock him Right and coach mails is not one who is very emotional But the the reaction after that clocking when he came to us I said coach you are pleased with it and he said he has never run 38 seconds in training At all this were 300 runs 250 And so he was cautiously optimistic that he would have medal but He ran the rest of his life similar to Burke because he said to coach that when he when he got to 300 He felt something and he was going to stop real. Yeah, he said he was going to stop, but he just went on and that closing 15 meters Was a determined factor in getting that gold medal Let's talk a little bit about rush on Clark because 1993 winds up Graham set a national record of 4760 and that record has stood for 30 years Here comes that little young man 19 years old 4785 at a national championships equaling the world on the 20 record. He goes to Budapest and Then blows it out of the water 4734 brand new national record world on the 20 record and makes him the fastest Jamaican in history. What was the reaction from the coaching staff when he delivered? I mean, yeah, he didn't Middle in the family, but I don't think realistically would expect him to come back without a performance given what we saw from the likes of Fasten Carson bar home and of course Karen McMaster and given the inexperience of Clark But what was the reaction like when he when he finally took no winds up spirit record? So let me start by saying he's a camper No, but He believes That he has he's as good as any He has that level of confidence. He believes in his coach and watching him in training I Can say now a national TV that he was not a hundred percent going into the final Went to the final with some nickels. Well, it was pure heart and and technique and with a little luck he could have Madele but I'm saying this All right, and when you look back at this interview many many years to come He's capable of running 46. All right. We've seen it. It's capable of running 46 My only fear is how he's managed. I Personally would not have gone to the circuit. Yes, because we knew that he had needle injuries But the anglers believe it is best for him to go his performance really gave the team a lift off to the Jadon situation and He inspired that four by one team Really, everybody said yes. We're ready to go because of that run He was placed on the four by four and again We appeal because he was A long no not only that He was blocked by the Polish runner, but the judges believe it was not sufficient To disqualify the Polish team as was the case with the mixed relay Right when when we went to to launch the protest they accepted that the Polish runner again and the female side disturbed goal. Yes, and They they deem it was not enough To to do a disqualification But what was alarming is that the Polish team who actually black wool was promoted to the final by virtue I've been to run over somebody who fell so if you ask me the Judges and the appeal they were inconsistent and I leave it that is inconsistent There are members of the management team who feel stronger than that, but I leave it as just being inconsistent There's another controversial and I'll do me to interrupt you, but there's another controversial decision as it relates to Achillea Smith in the in the long jump where Visually on the TV looked like her she was behind the board But then I was a talking to court to a technical director with Nani said that they showed them Video evidence were heard towards the teeth of the spikes were actually over Can you tell us how it would hold up a piece on for so again is part of the inconsistency She was allowed the additional tree jump now if you are sure That she actually breached that line then she should not have been allowed the traditional jump What was disturbing for me is the fact that when we went to the video room They refused to show The distance because that distance would have a loader in the final there was so so so they are saying they are saying All right, we made a mistake and against that error We're going to give her a traditional jump, but you're going to disqualify that jump which would have been a same-foot jump Again, it comes back to the inconsistency is a whole day. I do the kids right and for me I'm just hoping that it does not leave a scar on her because psychologically when you are prepared and you have done everything and then the Room the board room in there. You like that. It can have lasting impact Psychologically, I'm just hoping that she can get over it and move on There's a quick follow-up Christian because you know There are metals expected from this from the stars of the team so to speak But what was very encouraging for me was the fact that so many of our youngsters We in Tina Kirima Claude, Achillea Smith, Jaden Hebert Rashid Broadbill, Rashaan Clark. It's a new wave of talent coming through Newton Yeah, Kiri Newton. I'm from a broader perspective not just the sprints Dennis You're following about the J3s. How encouraging is this from from a Jamaican perspective? It is encouraging because one of the mandate of the Gargill Administration is to advance the non-traditional event and we're doing extremely well in the in the in the toes and the jumps What what we would like to see is corporate Jamaica Coming in and assisting the development The everybody want to wait until the star is announced But we are asking for support at the development level because we need to harness those talent, right? And there are a lot of it Going around in this country. I think we're the only country in the world where we have 15 men running sub 10 and And and and schoolers running sub 11 and the female side There are six or seven orders that Next year Chai's is going to be off the chain So so I'm saying I know you're talking the women, right? Men as well is also developing a cluster of really fast men as well Well, if you notice there are nine sub 10 runners this year nine And the US the US which is our our target They're getting older outside of Liles. They're getting older. We are much younger Right and once we can continue on that development that part We should again control sprinting and dominate sprinting for a long time and the female side We're going to be dominating sprinting. Yes. We we felt going in that Chakari wood wood medal as a matter of fact Friendly bit in the in the in the room. We felt that she would have won given Her own performance and consistency over time Knowing that shelly wasn't a hundred percent So again We're expecting that we will take our right foot place back in the sprint We are now a force of a reckon within the jumps and the troughs and that arg is well for jamaica chakars And just talk to us briefly about the heat in buddhapesh because it did appear as if the extremely high temperatures caused a lot of Of consternation for a lot of people not only not only the athletes who had to endure it You know with with with their load that they had but It was very hot. Was there anything special that the jamaica camp did to I do it and We ensure that we were stuck up with the adhesion and we ensure that the athletes at all times Were given the accommodation of your condition in real possible The the the drive from the hotel to the stadium was a little long 40 minutes you said yes, they have really little long and and the bosses the way they the way they were Appointed and shuttled. Yes. There's no straight Shuttle from the hotel to the stadium So you shuttle from one hotel to another picked up and then go to the stadium So the traveling was a little bit challenging and when you get to The the stadium to join the queue to get in was also challenging at that time even for athletes even for the athletes And um, as a matter of fact, we went there To go to the tci and morris could not enter because he forgot his Accreditation so we had to turn back went to the hotel collect the accreditation and come back But what I want to say We should always give the athletes the benefit of the doubt What they have gone through and continue to go through to win a medal for this country Is unbelievable They they suffer ache. They suffer pain. Some of them suffer indignity of People saying nasty things about them. We just need to cool the temperature. Absolutely and manage expectation Lance and liton I can say now that I'm expecting that come next year olympic year We're going to be mining medals in unconventional areas Right, I can tell you that I am looking for medal now at the eye jump This thing has reached the stage where she can now Go on our medal. She was a little bit unfortunate. She she ended up fifth on the on the comeback But at one time she was in silver position and the two australian clad and the ukrainian So again the non-traditional events were doing extremely well. We continue to turn out the sprinters and if you look at a dale tracy She for me Without being medal was the star old star. She ran her pb every time both in the 15 and the four and the eight And the eight and she she made the final of the eight And miss the the the final of the 15 as a matter of fact She ran faster than her semifinal than the entire field in the first scene in the first scene Right, so she missed it by Fraction of second andrew hotz had some glass in his eye from that collision and it's in how is he now he is okay and um Credit to our medical staff Right the the the It was put back and the doctor because he was able to administer treatment to him remove The the glasses on his eyes. We felt that he should not run, but he wanted to run And the rest is history But I also believe That the time has come where we should now take a psychologist on this trip I've been saying it it is critical and what I saw I believe it is now Mandatory that we should take a psychologist and two doctors All right, we're going to wrap now and We started off this discussion Dennis by talking about the controversies and and the taekwondo tracy issue and so on But no less a person than glenn mills whose acumen as a track and field expert is Beyond dispute He suggested in an interview. I think on tv ji saw him that the selection process for the j3s needs to be a little bit more definitive and not give cause to ambiguity and The kind of The kind of conflict that arose he feels that there are things that the j3s can set out that would reduce the possibility Of the taekwondo tracy outburst and as I said, this is coming from glenn mills This is not this is not a social media person or just just just blurting things out emotionally So is is there any merit to what glenn mills is saying? About the j3s and it's policy that it has in place reselections for the israeli pools Well, what am I to question coach mills? You won't but you won't because he's a big camper down not just that but He has been a technical leader for a very long time and he is one of the consultants And I also believe that we need to tweak the wording the wording. Yes of the selection criteria The wording of the selection criteria Lends itself to interpretation. That's right. So I would love to see it a little bit more tight Where it reduces interpretation Where there is this question There'll be chaos. Yeah, all right, and we are chaos rain somebody benefit. Tell him a cook had said that for many years So I believe I'm supporting the call by coach mills That the j3 should really look at the wording of the selection criteria and to make it much tighter So it remove discretion Right, and then you will sort of eradicate if not eliminate that outburst Visibly at taekwondo tracy Then it's really a pleasure having you here on the sportsmax zone and great that you were able to put some clarities To some of the issues that have caused huge controversy With respect to taekwondo tracy and a couple of other issues coming out of the world championships That's our track and field segment here on the sportsmax zone. We'll be back with more on the show after this