Mining for more - Jamaica stars ready to strike again

WITH OLYMPIC Games temperature reaching fever pitch in Jamaica, another battalion in the country's army is out to mine more medals from the Bird's Nest national stadium in Beijing, China.

The impressive quarter-mile hurdler, Melaine Walker, has set her sights on not only mining gold, but also erasing Yulia Pechonkina's five-year-old world record. Melaine races tomorrow in the final of her pet event.

Before that, however, Jamaica's medal count - which now stands at four (two gold and two silver), could be further increased today.

Sprint hurdlers Brigitte Foster-Hylton and Delloreen Ennis-London were scheduled to chase medals in the 100m hurdles finals around 9:30 a.m. They are complemented in the medal hunt by quarter-milers Rosemarie Whyte and Shericka Williams who race in the 400m finals around 9:10 a.m.