The 2013 CARIFTA Games took place between March 30-April 1, 2013. The event was held at the
Thomas Robinson Stadium
Thomas Robinson Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The largest stadium in the country, it is currently used mostly for soccer matches. The stadium currently has a capacity of 15,000 people, but has the ability to be expanded ...
in
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas, Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. ...
. A report of the event was given for the
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...
.
[
] The games mark the seventh time in which the event was held in The Bahamas. The other years being
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
,
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
,
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
,
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
,
1992
File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
and
2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
.
Bidding Process
Bidding took place during the 2012 CARIFTA Games held in Bermuda. Initially four countries, namely the Bahamas,
Barbados,
the Cayman Islands and
Martinique, had showed some interest in hosting the games. But ultimately Martinique withdrew its bid in favour of the Bahamas, and Barbados did not come forward with an official bid. The Bahamas was eventually chosen over the Cayman Islands to host the event. This was attributed to a myriad of reasons such as the newly constructed Thomas Robinson Stadium, the Bahamas's fortieth independence celebrations in 2013, and the fact that the country hadn't host the event in ten years.
Venue
The 2013 Games will be staged in the 15,000 seater, thirty million dollar Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. Fifty million dollars are being spent to beautify the area and upgrade utilities around the stadium, which is the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, in time for both the CARIFTA games and the
IAAF World Relays.
Austin Sealy Award
The
Austin Sealy Trophy for the
most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to
Shaunae Miller, Bahamas.
[ She won three gold medals (200 m, 400 m, and 4 × 100 metres relay) in the junior (U-20) category setting a new 200m games record in 22.77s.
]
Records
A total of 7 new championship records (CR) were set.[
;Key:
]
Medal summary
Medal winners were published for boys[
][
] and for girls.[
][
]
Boys under 20 (Junior)
†: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Girls under 20 (Junior)
†: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Boys under 17 (Youth)
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Girls under 17 (Youth)
Special Olympics – Boys
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Special Olympics – Girls
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Medal table (official)
The official count is in accordance with the medal count published by Carifta 2013's Local Organizing Committee.[
]
Participation
According to an unofficial count (without relays and special olympics), 423 athletes from 25 countries participated.
* (5)
* (5)
* (3)
* (59)
* (28)
* (23)
* (22)
* (12)
* (7)
* (10)
*/ (3)
* (13)
*/ (17)
* (8)
* Haïti (12)
* (69)
*/ (9)
* (9)
* (6)
* (4)
* (5)
* (12)
* (40)
* (24)
* (18)
References
External links
www.carifta2013.com
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