Wally British, Macka Diamond Rebuke Olympic “Band-Wagonists” For “Tearing Down Non-Medalling Athletes
No Stress artist and comedian Wally British has taken umbrage at Jamaicans she classified as “band wagonists” whom, she said, have been tearing down the Jamaican Olympians that failed to either medal or make it to the finals of their respective events.
British said she was extremely incensed after reading a post on Instagram where Jamaicans were asked to “show some love to 100 metre sprinter Yohan Blake and his compatriot Oblique Seville, both of whom had failed to qualify for the finals of the 100 metre sprints, and instead of supporting the young men, the majority of the commenters opted to curse the two athletes.
Some Jamaicans have expressed disappointment that for the first time since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Jamaica has had no sprinter in the finals of the men’s 100 metres, many of them labelling Blake a time-waster, a situation which obviously irked Wally.
The Portland native took to her Instagram page to voice her annoyance in a video this morning following the men’s disappointing showing, and the ensuing insults hurled at them.
After making her mortification known, Wally wrote a post aimed at cheering up the fellows, condemning the miscreants once more and declaring that she was standing by her word.
“Love u guys nonetheless. Some a u Jamaicans a the biggest wagonist, only love and rate people when things a gwan fi dem . Jus ran into this same post on tropix page and some of the comments are sickening. I answered a few an mi know dem aguh done mi now but I don’t care. I said what I said,” she stated.
“Some people jus say things out there mouth like they totally forget people have feelings. Nuff a unuh siddung an expect a Everything wi aguh win every time . That will never happen. I hate to see negative comments wen we don’t win. They tried and did their best I’m sure,” she added.
Her comments were endorsed by Dovey Magnum, Stacious and Macka Diamond.
“Me say thank you you said what you said and its facts ole wagonist dem only run een fi hype and when dem no see no hype dem hide Jamaicans a the worse they disrespectful and dont realise the world watching and that’s why when we go to foreign country they treat us harder than any other Caribbean because of our ways honestly sometimes I’m ashamed of my people ole crosses dem may God forgive them. Big up @wallybritish,” was Macka Diamond’s response.
After copping three straight 100 metre men’s Olympic titles courtesy of sprint legend Usain Bolt, Jamaica did not contest the final of athletics premier sprinting event for the first time in 21 years, as the island’s two representatives in the event Yohan Blake and Oblique Seville dropped out of the competition at the semi-final stage.
The race was won by Italian Marcell Jacobs, who gave his country its first hold on the title.
Seville had failed to advance after finishing fourth in semi-final two, after clocking 10.09 seconds, while Blake’s quest for glory ended after he finished sixth in semi-final one, with a time of 10.14. The Jamaican national champion Tyquendo Tracey had pulled out of the competition prior to the heats, due to injury.
A day earlier, Jamaica dominated the women’s 100 metres repeating a feat only the island of Reggae has accomplished in Olympic history, as Elaine Thompson-Herah not only defended her 2016 gold medal, but set an Olympic record, a personal best of 10.61 seconds, and assumed the distinction of being the world’s fastest woman alive.
Thompson-Herah eclipsed the previous Olympic record of 10.62 seconds which was set by American Florence Griffith Joyner at the Seoul Olympics in 1998. Her compatriots Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took silver in 10.74 seconds, while Shericka Jackson the bronze in 10.76 seconds.