We will try a lickle harder

De Summer Olympics is over, let de Sports continue. Rich and mighty USA and China top de Gold Medals table wid 40 Gold medals each. Dey overall Medal takings is 126 and 91 respectively. Using my (3 foh 10) Mathematics, ah find Medal Per Capita gives Hope. USA wid ah population of three hundred and thirty-three millions (333, 000,000) has ah per capita figure of one medal to every 2.6 million people. China’s population of one-point four billion (1.400, 000 000) got ah per capita figure of one medal to every 14 million people.. Jah-mek- her wid six medals and 2.8 million population has ah per capita figure of one medal to 48, 000.

And South Africa wid 6 medals like Jah-mek-her, has over 60 million population and ah per capita figure of one medal to 10 million people. Interestingly our lickle two by four Carry-Beyond islands wid we one and two medals got very good per capita ratio. Olympic first timers Thea La Fond, de Triple Jumper from Dominica and St Lucia’s Jilian Alfred de newest Sprint Queen have per capita figures of one medal to 72, 000 and 90, 000 respectively.

Hopefully and Prayerfully our beloved Shaffiqua “FIFI” Maloney will bring home ah medal next time and SVG would be in de rankings one medal to 100, 000 people. Better dan de USA.

All ah trying to say, is not about Size or Population, Power and Wealth of ah country or Nay-shun dat matters; is de stuff dat de people are made of. Lie-Za puts it another way: “ Man-to-man! Dat should be Woe-man to Woe-man! Pound foh pound, arwe lickle Carry-Beyond countries holding we own.

REMEMBER CFU 1977

How well ah remember in 1977, de CFU (CONCACAF) Championship when SVG’s Vincy Heat, defeated de mighty Suriname in front ah Suriname home crowd (3-2). Suriname’s Minister of Sports went on Nah-shun-all TV in praise of Vincy Heat and said: “ It matters not de size of de country, it’s de Team-work!” Yes dat 1977 Vincy Heat Team was Committed! Disciplined! Worked Hard To-gather! And de Association treated dem wid Respect. Dey was no monetary returns from de Cato Labour Go-venom-mint Some of dem got Office Attendant wuk, How disrespectful!.

But Vincy Heat CFU Success was 50 years ago. Things have not changed. In April dis year ah Vincy Athletics Team went to CARIFTA 51 Games in Grenada.. Dey did not even have ah Physiotherapist. SVG failed to win ah medal, came last of 20 other countries. Look how we treat our Athletic Star Shaffiqua “ FIFI” Malony World-class 800 Meter Olympic Finalist.

Listening to her share her story on Sports-Max, de Jah-mek-her Sports Stay-shun, brought tears to me eyes. Ah year ago she was homeless in de USA, bum-in ah lodging, scrunting ah meal, God Bless her Coach who stuck wid her wid-out money wid-out price, had Faith in her ability. Coaching fees was not de issue, Shaffiqua’s future was about to tumble. Was only when de heart-less, con’t-care-less Go-venom-mint realized dat something good was about to happen at de Olympics, dey jumped on Board. Lie-Za say dey blight de lady’s chances of winning ah Medal.

SHOW US DE WAY BOTSWANA

One ah de bright lights at 2024 Paris Olympic is Letsile Tebogo of Botswanna. De 21 year ole youngster won his country’s first ever Olympic Gold Medal. Recognition foh his stellar performance include de following: “Ah Four bedroom house; $3,600 for reaching 100m and 200m finals. $75,000 from government; National holiday; additional $260,000 from other institutions; Another house for winning a medal with 4×400 meter relay team. FIFI” girl, Ole people say: “way horse reach donkey go reach.” And wid dat is gone ah gone again.

One Love Bassy

Bassy Alexander is a land surveyor, folklorist and social commentator.