James could upset applecart in Daegu
From the Sports Desk
With Hartley AndersonSunday, August 21, 2011
LIKE an act of providence, every once in a while a talented individual emerges with the capacity and deportment to take a sport to a higher level.The brilliance of such individuals tends to transcend national boundaries and relegate patriotism to the equivalent of a domestic squabble in the interest of global rivalry.Basketball superstar Michael Jordan was one such entity; boxing legend Mohammed Ali another.
In the sport of athletics — certainly, in this generation -- there is the irrepressible Usain Bolt. However, not far behind is a prodigious 18-year-old talent from Grenada who, interestingly, is called 'the young Usain Bolt'. With this, I introduce Kirani James.