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In the men’s 200m Olympic final in London tonight, Jamaica dominated the race with Usain Bolt inevitably winning gold in 19.32s, Yohan Blake taking silver with 19.44s and a new Jamaican talent Warren Weir claiming Bronze in 19.84s. Yet, again the world waited, watched and stopped to see if Bolt would live up to his legendary status and it was quite a performance from him and his fellow teammates.

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Jamaican cultural pride has been running high over the last few days as they also celebrated their 50th independence. At each event ever-present was the spirit of the people, the flavoursome food and the musical vibe. I visited the Respect 50 concerts in the Indigo2 featuring talented Jamaican musical legends, basked in Jamaicaness at the official home of the Jamaican Olympic team in Puma Yard in Brick Lane and revelled in the glory among Jamaican families celebrating their teams success at Jamaica House in the O2.

Image Puma Yard

Jamaica House – Image Reuters 

Tonight will be a memorable moment for Jamaicans all over the world, but the most touching experience, I have had of Jamaican unity over the last few days is when Reggae artist Tarrus Riley’s encore finished with him asking the audience to repeatedly place their hands on their hearts and in the air as a sign of faith, love, respect and togetherness.

One Love.