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Jamaican sprinter Lerone Clarke strikes gold at Commonwealth Games


By Laura Redpath

Senior Gleaner Writer

HIS frame was small, had a  determined spirit and was as fast as lighting.


‘I’m not talking about the lightning bolt, I’m referring to this one , you know , Seabiscuit,’ said Pablo McNeil, formar William Knibb High School coach.


Champion sprinter Lerone ‘ Seabiscuit’ Clarke can now add the Commonwealth Games to his growing list of   accomplishments.


Seabiscuit was born undersized and grew to become champion thoroughbred horse during the Great Depression, and a symbol of hope for many Americans.


‘Clarke’s determination and anatomical structure made me name him Seabiscuit,’ McNeil said with a chuckle.


McNeil, who once sprinted for Jamaica, also coached Usain Bolt ( the ‘lightning bolt’) when the star sprinter attended William Knibb High.


‘What Lerone has done supersedes my humility,’ Mc Neil said, his voice cracking with admiration. ‘I am very happy for him’.


Ephrain Clarke, father of Lerone, said he sent

Up quite a few prayers on his son’s behalf.


‘ I pray last night [Wednesday]. I said another one this morning and another one five minutes before the race.


‘Then I heard the news on the radio and tears just come from my eyes.’


Ephrain said he felt a great deal of pride, considering Lerone’s  track and field struggles.






Jamaica's Lerone Clarke celebrates as he win gold in the men’s 100m final during the Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India, yesterday. 


‘I was saying to[ Lerone] that he better put down track and field and go get a good job.


‘But he said,” No that me love , Daddy, that me love.” That man teach me something.’


Perseverance


The lesson learned was perseverance, which Lerone’s current coach, Vincent Thomas , said the athlete has much of.


‘It has been hard to survive in this field. When you don’t have the contract, it’s very difficult to make it. Up to 2009, he was working at Coles Department Store,’ said Thomas, who coaches at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.


‘He was coming to practise when he could, but it was rough to work six to eight hours,’ Thomas added.


Thomas said he had shouted repeatedly at lerone, telling him to quit track and field if

He could not handle it or to choose track and field and stick to it.


Lerone left his job and dedicated his time to training, spending most of his time at the track by himself.


‘He is the Commonwealth champion. He’s the 2010 champion and no one can take that from him. It is the reward for the hard work he has  put in.


‘ A lot of people would have quit already.’ Thomas said.



Explain using your own words, why Lerone Clarke was given the nickname                  ‘Seabiscuit’




Which other famous sprinter attended the same school as Lerone Clarke?




Who is Lerone Clarke’s current athletics coach?




Explain  Pablo McNeil comment that what Lerone has done ‘supersedes my humility’.




From the information contained in the report, explain as fully as you can what you have learnt about Leron’s early life and the relationship between him and his father.



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