PRIME MINISTER LAUDS MENS 4X4 RELAY TEAM

On behalf of the Government and people of our nation, I extend warmest congratulations to our men’s 4x400 relay team for their stellar accomplishment in capturing the Silver Medal at the World Championship Track and Field Games in Helsinki today.

It was an absolutely awesome performance that filled all of us with yet another surge of national pride and jubilant celebration.  It reminded us once again that small though we are there is no limit to the greatness that Bahamians can attain on the world stage when their God-given talents are harnessed to the timeless virtues of discipline, dedication and hard work.

Just as I saluted Tonique Williams Darling last week following her magnificent victory, I now salute our brave young men who dug down deep in Helsinki today and ran the race of their lives.  In so doing, they lifted a proud nation upon their shoulders to receive the applause and adulation of the entire world.

Now that the World Championship Games have drawn to a close I want to congratulate our entire team for performing so superbly in Helsinki.  They have reflected great credit upon the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and helped to establish even more firmly our reputation as an authentic sporting power in the world.
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14th August, 2005
Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie
Prime Minister
Commonwealth of The Bahamas