Kingston, Jamaica – In a robust present of appreciation and help for Jamaica’s elite athletes, the Ministry of Sport introduced it can present J$45 million in grants to the nationwide crew members (athletes and help employees) who represented Jamaica on the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Video games in Paris.
Talking at a press convention on the Jamaica Pegasus Lodge on Monday, Minister Olivia Grange affirmed, “I’ve J$45 million allotted to offer Appreciation Grants to members of Jamaica’s delegation to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Video games.”
The monetary help, as Minister Grange detailed, will attain 66 athletes—together with one Paralympian—and 21 help employees who contributed to Jamaica’s presence on the Video games. This funding dietary supplements over J$20 million already distributed beneath the Athletes Help Program, which helped these athletes of their preparations for the Paris competitors.
Moreover, junior athletes who competed within the latest World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, will every obtain present vouchers price J$760,000, additional emphasizing the Ministry’s dedication to nurturing younger Jamaican expertise.
Minister Grange praised the initiative
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The press convention additionally served because the platform to announce an thrilling addition to the athletics calendar: the Jamaica leg of the Grand Slam Observe collection, a brand new worldwide observe collection spearheaded by former Olympic champion and world file holder, American legend Michael Johnson. Set to debut from April 4-6, 2025, at Kingston’s Nationwide Stadium, the Grand Slam Observe collection will showcase elite runners throughout 4 main cities worldwide.
Minister Grange praised the initiative, saying, “The very best a part of the thought is that one of many slams will happen in Jamaica—the house of the very best athletes.” She highlighted Jamaica’s standing because the “dash capital of the world” and celebrated the nation’s legacy, championed by the likes of Usain Bolt and numerous different Jamaican athletes, as a central think about bringing Grand Slam Observe to the island.
“Grand Slam Observe matches completely into our authorities’s strategic sports activities improvement agenda, which goals to make Jamaica the very best nation to take part in, watch, and focus on sport,” added Minister Grange. She famous that the brand new league won’t solely showcase athletic prowess but in addition improve Jamaica’s profile as a premier vacation spot for worldwide sports activities occasions and sports-related conferences.
The Grand Slam Observe occasion guarantees to be a spotlight of Jamaica’s 2025 sporting calendar, additional strengthening the island’s function as a world hub for observe and area excellence.
