A dream of an Olympic Games for the Caribbean in Beijing ended with a glittering closing ceremony at the Bird's Nest Stadium watched by 91,000 fans yesterday.
Led by the astounding talent of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, the English-speaking Caribbean captured a whopping 15 medals including six gold - a performance unparallelled by the region in Olympic history.
Bolt could have been foremost in the mind of Liu i, the Beijing Olympics Organising Committee chairman, when he praised the competitors, saying: "Let us congratulate the athletes on their great achievements."
Bolt stunningly smashed world records in every event in which he participated. He clocked 9.69 seconds to win the men's 100 metres, lowering his own world mark, before smashing Michael Johnson's formidable 200-metre world record with a staggering run of 19.30 seconds.
Bolt, who turned 22 years old during the Games, also helped Jamaica obliterate a 16-year-old American world record when their men's sprint relay team stopped the clock at 37.10 seconds.
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