Usain Bolt was the target of bottle hurled during 100m at London Olympics

Friday, January 4, 2013

On August 5 at the London Summer Olympics, an incident occurred when a bottle was thrown towards the Athletes during the Men’s 100m final

Court document speculates the intended target was Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt who won the race 9.63 seconds.

Ashley Gill-Webb is detained shortly after an incident at the start of the men's 100m final at the London Olympics. Photograph: Chris Helgren/REUTERS

Ashley Gill-Webb, 34, pushed his way to the front of an exclusive seating area without a ticket and shouted things like: "Usain you are bad, you are an arsehole," the court was told.

According the Guardian, Gill-Webb, from South Milford, near Leeds, was confronted by Dutch judoka Edith Bosch, and then restrained by Olympics volunteers and arrested by police, the court was told.

Gill-Webb has however denied that he used threatening words or his behaviour was with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

The case was tried at Stratford Magistrates' Court, and prosecutor Neil King said the court that

Gill-Webb threw a bottle in the hushed stadium just as the race was about to get under way: "He threw a green Heineken bottle in a lobbing motion that was captured on CCTV.

"This bottle landed extremely close to the athletes and it's probably luck rather than Mr Gill-Webb's judgment that it did not do anything far more serious."

The trial will continue.

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Six Caribbean Artistes to showcase their talents during the London 2012 Olympics

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Six emerging artistes and two headline acts will showcase regional talent during the London 2012 Olympics as Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) hosts Caribbean Soul Fusion on August 9, 2012, at Grosvenor House in London.

This event, which forms a part of the agency’s London Engage initiative, will highlight a wide range of Caribbean genres, namely reggae, soca, Creole music (zouk and kompa), Caribbean jazz, folk and Afro-Haitian.

“One of the best identifiers of the Caribbean brand and its uniqueness is our music. Its ability to have global appeal is unquestionable. What we are seeking to do with Caribbean Soul Fusion, is to showcase that authentic Caribbean culture and widen the market appeal for our regional music,” commented Pamela Coke Hamilton, executive director, Caribbean Export.

“As such, the artistes that will be performing will represent the diverse nature of musical genres across the Caribbean. Not only will the entertainment industry benefit from the increased demand for the products on offer, but also performers will have the opportunity to display the export potential of their craft and its appeal to an international audience,” she added.

The six emerging artistes scheduled to perform are: Michele Henderson (Dominica), BelO (Haiti), Hezron Clarke (Jamaica), Claudia Edward (St Lucia), Mr. Dale (Barbados) and Xiomara Fortuna (Dominican Republic). Headline acts for the concert are reggae singer/songwriter Christopher Martin (Jamaica) and jazz/reggae saxophonist Arturo Tappin (Barbados).

Caribbean Soul Fusion will also serve as the closing reception for the 2nd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum, which is scheduled from August 8 - 9, 2012. The CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum is supported under the European Union’s (EU) 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Regional Private Sector Development Programme (RPSDP), and in collaboration with CARIFORUM Directorate, the CARICOM Secretariat, and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

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