NASSAU, Bahamas, August 12, 2021 — Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis received a courtesy call from members of The Bahamas Olympic Team today after they returned to the country following the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Present at the meeting were Olympic Gold medalists Steven Gardiner and Shaunae Miller- Uibo; Olympic finalist Pedrya Seymour, and first-time Olympians Izaak Bastian and Samson Colebrooke.
Also present was a delegation from the Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture comprised of the Hon. Iram Lewis, Minister; Montez Williams, Under Secretary; Timothy Munnings, Director of Sports; Cora Hepburn, Olympic Team Chef de Mission.
With a total population of slightly less than 400,000, globally The Bahamas is a tiny nation in every sense of the word, but at the Tokyo Olympic Games, The Bahamas – recognized internationally as one of the world’s leading tourist destinations — again demonstrated that it is also one of the world’s “superpowers” in sports, winning gold medals in both the men’s and the women’s 400 metres.
On Friday, August 6, Shaunae Miller-Uibo won the women’s 400 meters, running a personal best (48.36) and defending her gold medal from the 2016 Rio Games. She becomes just the second woman in Olympic history to win back-to-back titles in the 400 meters, after Marie-Jose Perec, the 1992 and 1996 champion.
A day earlier, Steven Gardiner lifted the spirits of the entire nation, winning gold for The Bahamas in the men’s 400 metres.
