Caribbean nationals win Olympic boxing championship

Outstanding welterweight boxers Taureano Johnson and John Jackson registered fine Caribbean wins in the ring at the Beijing Olympics yesterday.



Bahamian Johnson roughed up Grenada’s Roland Moses for a lopsided 18-3 points victory, while Jackson, of the US Virgin Islands, executed a measured plan to snatch a narrow 4-2 win over Mahamad Nirudzinau, of Belarus.



The English-speaking Caribbean swimmers all logged personal best times although they failed to advance in their events.



Bahamian Alana Dillette clocked 1 minute 02.56 for fourth in heat three.



Shaune Fraser, of the Cayman Islands, placed fifth in heat five of the Men’s 200-metre in one minute 48.60.



St. Lucian Danielle Beaubrun picked up third place in heat three of the women’s 100-metre breaststroke in a new national record 1 minute 12.85 seconds.