“It’s a great feeling. I was really excited to go out there and give Usain his third world record.” – Asafa Powell.

Spoken like the Champion we know he is. Jamaica’s Asafa Powell got his redemption, anchoring the men’s 4×100 team to a gold medal in world record time 37.10, 3/10s of a second off the old mark…is that even human?

These games of the 2008 Olympics have been the most successful for Jamaica bar none. We have totally dominated the track, with a dazzling array of speed and personality, it was Jamaica to the World.

Congratulations to Jamaica and the Jamaican Olympic team.

Congratulations to Jamaica and the Jamaican Olympic team for an unprecedented 6 Gold Medals, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals for an astonishing total of 11, and a ranking of 3rd. place in track and field and 13th. overall. Not bad for a country of 2.8 million people.

Undoubtedly Jamaica took 1st. place in the medals per capita. Amidst all the celebrations and joy we must not forget the lessons that this Olympic Games has taught us. Jamaica is not doomed. We are in fact just a little lost. We can be made to forget our problems, and our differences, we can cease the senseless violence if we are offered something better.

The team offered us that something better. If only for a week we were inspired with a vision of greatness. Nobody wants to live in constant warfare and if offered an option we will choose peace and love. Sometimes we just need someone to go ahead and light the way.

Jamaican medal winners for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

U. Bolt – Gold – 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay. S. Frazier - Gold – 100m, V. Campbell-Brown – Gold – 200m, M. Walker – Gold – 400m Hurdles, N. Carter, M. Frater, A. Powell – Gold – 4x100m Relay, S. Simpson – Silver – 100m, S. Williams – Silver – 400m, K. Stewart – Silver – 100m – Bronze – 200m, S. Lloyd, R. Whyte, S. Williams, N. Williams – Bronze 4x400m Relay.