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31 July 2001: World Ranking update
Going into the week of the 8th World Championships in athletics Merlene Ottey is ranked 8th (down 1 place) on the 100 metre list and 75th (down 3 places) overall on the IAAF World Rankings. On the outdoor performance list of 2001 Merlene is the 44th fastest woman of the year over 100 metre with 11.31 sec. 

24 July 2001: New page on Merlene's Jamaican Honours
The Merlene Ottey Website now features a page dedicated to the honours Merlene have been given by Jamaica and by people in the country. This new page also brings you photos of Merlene Ottey from the 2000 Jamaican Trials in Kingston. You can find it here. 

10 July 2001: Release of Fanclub Newsletter 27
The release of newsletter 27 brought the sad news that Merlene Ottey will not run at the Golden League Meeting in Oslo on Friday 13 July. Recovering from injury she does not yet feel fully prepared to run fast at competitions and will therefore wait until August before racing at the Grand Prix circuit.

25 June 2001: Merlene Ottey will open season in July
Today it was announced by Merlene's manager Daniel Zimmermann that Merlene Ottey will not be running in Luzern on Wednesday or at the Golden League Meeting in Paris at 6 July. At the earliest Merlene will kick off her 20th season on the European Grand Prix circuit on 13 July at the Golden League Meeting in Oslo (Norway). Merlene Ottey has overcome her problems with the heel injury but she wants to be fully prepared before she starts her season.

11 June 2001: New location for the Merlene Ottey Tribute website
From today the Merlene Ottey Tribute will be moving location to this new web address:

http://www.merlene.subnet.dk

As website and fanclub administrator I excuse for the problems that you have experienced with the website in the last four months. 

Jakob Nielsen

8 June 2001: Merlene postpones season opening
Due to some minor injury problems Merlene Ottey has decided to postpone her season debut on the European circuit. Therefore she will not run at the small meet in Poznan (Poland) on 8 June or at the Grand Prix in Helsinki (Finland) on 14 June as published earlier on this web site.

22 May 2001: Release of Fanclub Newsletter 26
The newsletter features the latest updates on Merlene Ottey as well as news on her newly established firm.

10 May 2001: Happy birthday to Merlene
Today Merlene can celebrate her 41st birthday, which she will do with some of her close friends in Ljubliana. The last year has been one of stress, relief and great experiences. In a month's time she will start her 22nd season on the European Grand Prix circuit. That is truly unique!

A big cheer for the greatest female athlete of all time and 
best wishes for the 2001 season from the Merlene Ottey Fanclub

5 May 2001: Merlene to open outdoor season in Poland
It has been confirmed by Merlene's manager Daniel Zimmermann that Merlene will open her 2001 outdoor season at a small athletics meeting in the Polish town of Poznan on 8 June. A little less than a week after that she will go to Helsinki to run in the Grand Prix Meeting on 14 June. At the moment Merlene is training at her base in Ljubliana, Slovenia.

April 2001: Training in Spain and Slovenia
During this month Merlene has spend her time training - first a couple of weeks in Spain but she has now returned to her base in Ljubliana in Slovenia. She has fully recovered from the injury that she got back in March.

30 March 2001: Merlene withdraws from South African meeting
After the problems she experienced at the Engen Grand Prix II Meeting in Pretoria a week ago Merlene Ottey decided to withdraw from the athletics meeting in Stellenbosch, South Africa. 

23 March 2001: Merlene finished second in Pretoria
At the Engen Grand Prix II Meeting in Pretoria Merlene Ottey was surprisely beaten by Russia's Marina Kislova. After the race Ottey went to the see a doctor. "It appears I have not fully recovered from the hamstring injury I suffered in Madrid two weeks ago. At 60 metres I felt a twinge in my hamstring. I decided not to abandon the race but solider on to the finish. I am glad I have not pulled a muscle. Lets see how I feel in a day or two before I decide whether I will compete next Friday", said Ottey.
100 metre result (wind: 0.0):
1. Marina Kislova (RUS) 11.29 sec.
2. Merlene Ottey (JAM) 11.31 sec.
3. Dikeledi Moropane (RSA) 11.43 sec. 

22 March 2001: Newsletter 24 - declaration of the fanclub competition winner
The 24th newsletter in fanclub history is sent out to the 338 fanclub members. In the fanclub competition that has been running throughout the 2001 indoor season and where the fanclub members were supposed to guess Merlene’s best 60 metres time, the right guess was the 7.12 sec. that Merlene ran in Madrid on 14th March. Only member no. 28 guessed right and will receive a signed pair of Merlene’s running spikes.

19 March 2001: End of the indoor season
The 2001 indoor season has ended and Merlene finished top of the indoor 100 metre list (11.21 sec.) and 9th on the 60 metres list (7.12 sec.), which is topped by Natalia Safronnikova (BLR) and Petya Pendareva (BUL) – both ran 7.04 sec. Sadly Merlene suffered a slight injury at the end of February and was therefore not able to participate and improve herself at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon from 9th to 11th March.

14 March 2001: Merlene runs seasons best in Madrid
Merlene proved that her injury was no serious problem as she won the 60 metre race at the IAAF Permit Meeting in Madrid (Memorial José Ma Cagigal) ahead of Olympic relay champion Sevatheda Fynes (BAH). This means that Merlene during the 2001 indoor season has beaten some of the best competing sprinters (Fynes, Gaines, Safronnikova and World Champion Sturrup). Merlene's winning time makes her the 9th fastest female sprinter this season.
Race result:
1. Merlene Ottey 7.12 sec. (7.22 sec. in heat)
2. Sevatheda Fynes 7.15 sec.
3. Muriel Hurtis 7.32 sec.

9-11 March 2001: World Indoor Championships
Start of the World Indoor Championships without an injured Merlene Ottey. 
Result of the women's 60 metre final:
1. Chandra Sturrup (BAH) 7.05 sec.
2. Angela Williams (USA) 7.09 sec.
3. Chryste Gaines (USA) 7.12 sec.
4. Sevatheda Fynes (BAH) 7.15 sec.
5. Mercy Nku (NIG) 7.15 sec.
6. Petya Pendareva (BUL) 7.16 sec.
7. Li Xuemei (CHN) 7.20 sec.
8. Endurance Ojokolo (NIG) 7.23 sec.

23 February 2001: Merlene injured
Merlene Ottey was not able to compete at the Flanders Indoor meet in Ghent (Belgium) as she suffered a heel injury during her warm-up. The injury is not serious and she may still be able to compete at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon (Portugal) from 9-11 March. In Merlene's absence the 60 metre race was won by Petya Pendareva in 7.12 sec. More on the Energizer Euroseries.

12 February 2001: Two wins for Merlene in Tampere

On this Monday night in the Finnish city of Tampere Merlene Ottey showed that she still lacks some acceleration at the short 60 metre distance, but that her competitive spirit and her speed on the last metres promises a good outdoor season. In Tampere she won both the 60 and the 100 metres. 
        Ottey equalled her best time of the year in the 60 metres (7.20 sec.) and is still the 10^th fastest in the world indoors this season. At 100 metres, Ottey was only 0.06 seconds off the world record of 11.15 seconds, set by Marita Koch of the former East Germany in 1980, and 0.03 seconds off Frenchwoman Christine Arron's meet record. At 40 years of age this was Merlene's best ever indoor 100 metres and the third best race of all time.
        "The 100 was better than the 60 today,'' Ottey said. "With shorter reaction times at the start, the times would have been better. I was still in the blocks when the rest were on their way". "When you can run the hundred during the indoor season you always see how you feel during the important last metres. That is important knowledge preparing for the outdoor events''.
        Merlene is trying to get a hint of her shape with her mind on the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon (Portugal), March 9-11. She said that she will decide competing at the Champs after another event in France late this month.

2 February 2001: Merlene victorious at the Millrose Games
Merlene Ottey made her indoor season debut at the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden (New York) - her first appearearance at the meet since 1986, where she finished third. Merlene Ottey showed great competitive form by winning the 60 metre race well ahead of a star-packed field of Olympic relay medalists.

Here are some statements made by Merlene after the race:
"I have not raced in New York in ages, so I had to win." 
"My start and acceleration were not good - I need to work on it."
"I got off to a bad start, then I broke loose." 

Second-finisher Chryste Gaines was impressed by the Jamaican veteran and said: "After last year, what reason does she have to retire?" "As you can see, age is not a factor."
Merlene Ottey agreed: "It's never too late," she said, referring to her age. "I love what I'm doing". "How do I feel about beating youngsters?" "It makes me feel good, actually." 

More news on the Millrose Games at http://www.millrosegames.com. Also see IAAF News.

31 January 2001: Confirmation of race in Gent
Merlene Ottey has confirmed that she will run at the indoor meet in Gent (Belgium) on 23 February. It is still an open question if she will compete at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon in March.

24 January 2001: Fanclub Competition
For the upcoming indoor athletics season the Merlene Ottey Fanclub launch a competition with the following question: 

What will be Merlene's best 60 metre time during the 2001 indoor season?

Your guess has to be e-mailed to the fanclub (otteyfanclub@hotmail.com) before 2 Februay 2001 when Merlene kicks off her season. All competition entries can later be found here. The winner will receive a signed pair of Merlene's running spikes.
        The announcement of the fanclub competition was made in the 22nd fanclub newsletter, which was send out today.

15 January 2001: Merlene to run in New York
It has been confirmed by Merlene's manager that she will open her indoor season at the Millrose Games in New York on February 2nd. Participation in other meetings are being arranged at the moment.

5 January 2001: Merlene begins training for the indoor season
After celebrating the coming of yet another year where she will run the sprint, Merlene today starts training again for the upcoming indoor season. The training will take place in Florida. There are no news yet on where Merlene will make her indoor season debut.
        Today the 21st newsletter from the Merlene Ottey Fanclub was send out to our 311 fanclub members.

1 January 2001: New location for the Merlene Ottey Tribute website
From today the Merlene Ottey will be moving location to this new web address: http://www.ottey.snoop.dk. We excuse if all the pages on the website are not fully operative and updated. We can assure you though that you will always be updated with the latest news by e-mail if you are a fanclub member. Join the fanclub by sending an e-mail to otteyfanclub@hotmail.com. 
The old links will be functioning until 1 February 2001.
The redirect link http://www.go.to/ottey still works.