Security tight for Bolt and Jamaica stars

0
106

Olympic 100m and 200m champion Usain Bolt and Jamaica’s star-studded track and field team have been training under heavy security at the University of Birmingham since their arrival here just about a week ago. Bolt, world 100m champion Yohan Blake and three-time Olympic gold medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown are among the big names already at the camp, but fans have been left frustrated by the behind closed doors training sessions. “You are not allowed to take any photos around the school campus, it’s a private area,” a member of the university security team shouted as fans and a few journalists who tried to peep through the hedges which surround the 400m track on Thursday. “No peeping is allowed on the athletes,” shouted another security guard. A fan, who only gave his name as Pete, was very upset about the guarded track. “This is our country, this is our Olympics. We should be allow here, not on the track, but certainly here to watch, that’s what it’s here for, to watch, not for them not to watch,” he said.