Jamaica is under a tropical storm watch, but nothing can dampen the island nation's enthusiasm for its new Olympic sprint stars.
Already elated over Usain Bolt's world-record run in the men's 100 on Saturday, Jamaicans got something else to celebrate when Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart swept the women's 100 on Sunday.
Olivia Grange, Jamaica's minister of information, culture, youth and sports, had said after Bolt's stunning 9.69 that she was "on top of the world." Where did Fraser's 10.78 and the photo-finish 10.98 each run by Simpson and Stewart leave her?
"I am on top and all over it," Grange said. "It's just wonderful. Amazing.
"It's national pride and it's an inspiration to all Jamaica, particularly to our young people. It gives us something we can say to our young people to strive for."
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