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Bahamian sprinter Steven Gardiner (© Getty Images) Few athletes had a regular season in 2020. Some were able to compete in a handful of international races, some stayed local and contested a few low-key meetings, while others took a complete break from competition. In the first of our series in which we chat to medallists from the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 to see what they did with the extra year leading into the Tokyo Olympics, we catch up with men’s 400m champion Steven Gardiner of The Bahamas.   How has life changed since winning world 400m gold in 2019? Steven Gardiner: ...

Have, as is required, no criminal history, which is something they can get here. so many people here have family in the united states who are, of course, taking people in. go back to the number of 70,000 homeless. talking about a country of 500,000 people. so if that number is accurate, and we have no reason to doubt it, we're talking about 17% in a couple days of the population that is now without their homes. and so many other people here are living in homes that are not suitable to be lived in here in freeport and in grand abaco. we're still without power. still without water. makes it very...

Sufficient information to confirm any numbers at this time. >> and where are people able to -- how are people able to connect? what is the system for people to try to locate missing loved ones, whether they are in the bahamas themselves or in the states or anywhere in the world trying to locate their family members? >> we have two mechanisms in place and other support mechanisms but the main one is o'social services. we have a desk primarily for that purpose and a web page, called dorian people search, where you will see names posted of persons that are already accounted for and if there's som...

Into the hub for all of the search and rescue efforts and the ever growing relief effort here to help those in those northern bahamian eyes of grand abaco, treasure key and grand bahama. the rescue efforts you can hear the helicopters probably going over me, we do know that those coast guard choppers are working nonstop, trying to reach those inaccessible areas as you mentioned to bring the critically injured here, but what we've seen become the growing need or the people who may not necessarily be injured to the point where they need to be immediately evacuated, but those folks who simply hav...