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·Caribbean flyers say level playing field on drugs lets true talent come through Usain Bolt has been the spearhead of Jamaica's successful performance in Beijing. Photograph: F X Marit/AFP Any more of this and America's sprinters will be able to sing the words of The Star-Spangled Banner to the tune of the Jamaican national anthem. With the four Olympic sprint finals concluded last night in Beijing's National Stadium the score was: United States (population 300m; sprinting legacy, unmatched) 0, Jamaica (population 2.7m; sprinting legacy, excellent but hardly dominant in the greater scheme of things) 4. Some described that scoreline as embarrassing for a nation that has long led the world on the Olympic track, but when the American sprint relay teams, both men's and women's, dropped the baton in last night's heats redemption's... [read full story]
