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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 4022479, member: 6927"] Definitely a low point for the Jamaican men in the event. Tyquendo Tracey won the Jamaican trials but withdrew from Tokyo at the last minute with an injury. Yohan Blake was #2 but narrowly missed the final. The last time no Jamaican man reached the 100m Olympic final was 2004. Before the Usain Bolt (and Yohan Blake) era, the Jamaican men had experienced little success in the 100m at the Olympics. You have to go all the way back to 1976 to find another Jamaican medalist in the event. Asafa Powell was the top Jamaican sprinter prior to Bolt. He won bronze at the IAAF World Championships in 2007 and 2009, but finished a disappointing 5th in Beijing 2008. [/QUOTE]