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Line 424: [[File:Horesandjockey.jpg\|thumb\|right\|A horse and rider at Garrison Savannah]] As in other Caribbean countries of British colonial heritage, [[cricket]] is very popular on the island. The [[West Indies cricket team]] usually includes several Barbadian players. In addition to several warm-up, ~~matches~~group stage and ~~six~~few "Super Eight" matches, the country hosted the final of the [[2007 Cricket World Cup]] and [[2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]]. Barbados has produced many great cricketers including [[Sir Garfield Sobers]], [[Sir Frank Worrell]], [[Sir Clyde Walcott]], [[Sir Everton Weekes]], [[Gordon Greenidge]], [[Wes Hall]], [[Charlie Griffith]], [[Joel Garner]], [[Desmond Haynes]] and [[Malcolm Marshall]].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-03-12 \|title=Malcolm Marshall {{!}} West Indian Fast Bowler, Cricket Legend {{!}} Britannica \|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malcolm-Marshall \|access-date=2024-03-29 \|website=britannica.com \|archive-date=29 August 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829001710/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malcolm-Marshall \|url-status=live }}</ref> In [[Track and Field]], sprinter [[Obadele Thompson]] won a bronze medal in the [[100m]] at the [[2000 Summer Olympic Games]]. As of August 2022, he was the first [[Barbados at the Olympics\|Olympics medalist in the Barbados]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Salmon \|first=Santana \|date=2022-11-30 \|title=Obadele Thompson, Barbados’ first and only Olympics medalist \|url=https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/barbados-independence/obadele-thompson-barbados-first-and-only-olympics-medalist/ \|access-date=2024-06-27 \|website=CNW Network \|language=en-US}}</ref>

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