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Where previously, training was carried out on grass, an asphalt subballast
layer according to IAAF standards, was installed within a
very short time to provide a substrate for a Regupol AG synthetic track.
With the success of Usain Bolt, during the international athletics world
championships on the blue Regupol Tartan track in the Olympic Stadium
in Berlin, still fresh in their minds, the UWI University chose a
similar blue granulate surface with white lines for their new track. One
distinctive feature of this new track is its design structure in the so-called
“high-stress areas” – the parts of the track subjected to intensive use by
athletes such as the start and take-off areas – were specially modified
to withstand the high stressing.
“I love Regupol Tartan tracks” Usain Bolt
Construction of the track is part of an advertising campaign contract
between BSW and Usain Bolt, who supports advertising of the sport
floorings and tracks from this company. Since his success on the blue
Regupol Tartan track in Berlin, Bolt is so convinced of the quality of the
Regupol tracks that he immediately agreed to this cooperation. As recognised
record times can be run on the new Regupol competition and IAAF
certified track in Jamaica, Bolt now has the possibility of further improving
his best times run in Berlin. But not only Bolt and his team col-
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ren, sondern auch Top-Leichtathleten aus der ganzen
Welt, die dort Trainingslager absolvieren und Wettkämpfe
laufen werden. Durch die neue Hochleistungsbahn rückt
die UWI-Universität ein sehr großes Stück näher an ihr
Ziel heran, die beste Sportanlage der Karibik zu besitzen.
Geschäftsführer der BSW GmbH, Ulf Pöppel, betonte
während der Eröffnungsfeier, dass die Bahn den Jamaikanern
helfen würde, auch weiterhin die weltbesten Sprinter
hervorzubringen, so wie zum Beispiel Brasilien Weltklasse-Fußballer
und die USA die besten Basketballspieler.
Weitere Laufbahnen geplant
Zur Eröffnungsfeier kamen neben Usain Bolt selbst und
seinem Coach Glenn Mills auch zahlreiche weitere
Persönlichkeiten aus dem Leichtathletik-Bereich. Die Organisation
der Veranstaltung fand in enger Zusammenarbeit
von Peter Breuer, Exportleiter bei BSW, dem Trainer
und dem Manager von Usain Bolt, der ehemaligen Olympiazweiten
über 200 m in Seoul und heute zuständig für
das Sportmanagement bei der UWI-Universität, Grace
Jackson, sowie mit weiteren Funktionären in Jamaika
statt. Der Bau der Laufbahn auf Jamaika, das von Peter
Breuer betitelte „Prestigeobjekt für BSW“, und die Werbekooperation
mit Usain Bolt haben schon zu Folgeaufträgen
für BSW geführt.
New training track for Usain Bolt and his team colleagues
On April 30, the new Regupol tartan track, installed by the sport flooring manufacturer BSW at the training ground of sprint star
Usain Bolt on the campus of the UWI University of Jamaica, was officially inaugurated. With this new synthetic running track, Bolt and
his team colleagues now have at their disposal a Class II, IAAF certified competition track providing optimal training conditions and
where competitive athletics meetings can also be held. A team of BSW employees carried out and monitored the installation work -
from laying of the sub-ballast structure right up to marking of the lines.
leagues from the “Racers Track Club” will be using the track, top athletes
from throughout the world gather here for training and competition
meetings. With this new high-performance track, the UWI University
has taken a large step towards reaching its goal of having the best
sports facilities in the Caribbean. As Ulf Pöppel, Managing Director of
BSW GmbH, emphasised during the inauguration ceremony, this track
will allow the Jamaicans to continue to turn out some of the world’s best
sprinters as, for example, Brazil with world-class footballers and the
USA with the best basketball players.
Further tracks in planning
Along with Usain Bolt himself and his coach Glen Mills, numerous
other personalities from the field of athletics also attended the
inauguration ceremony. The organisation was carried out in close
cooperation with Peter Breuer, export manager with BSW, the trainer
and manager of Usain Bolt, Grace Jackson, herself Olympic silver
medallist at 200 m in Seoul and today responsible for sport management
with the UWI University, as well as further Jamaican functionaries.
In the words of Peter Breuer, construction of the running track in Jamaica,
was a “prestige object for BSW” and the advertising cooperation
with Usain Bolt has already generated new orders for BSW.
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