Kirani James will get a stadium in Grenada named after him
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada ● Grenada will name a new sports stadium after a young track athlete who won the tiny island’s first Olympic medal.
Prime Minister Tillman Thomas says the unfinished stadium will be named after 400-meter champ Kirani James when it is completed.
Thomas also said Saturday that the island of just over 100,000 people will introduce a stamp commemorating James’ Olympic victory.
James gave Grenada its first Olympic medal in London when he won the 400-meter race in 43.94 seconds.
James became the first non-U.S. athlete to run the 400 in less than 44 seconds. He also was the first non-U.S. winner of the race since the 1980 Moscow Games.
Thousands of islanders crowded outside an airport on Thursday to welcome back the 19-year-old runner nicknamed “The Jaguar.”