21 April,2017 08:23 AM IST | | AFP
Former Olympic high jumper Germaine Mason, who won silver for Britain at the 2008 Games in Beijing, died yesterday in a motorbike crash in Jamaica, news reports said
Kingston: Former Olympic high jumper Germaine Mason, who won silver for Britain at the 2008 Games in Beijing, died yesterday in a motorbike crash in Jamaica, news reports said.
The 34-year-old was born in Jamaica, but changed his allegiance to Britain in 2006.
Reports in Jamaica and Britain, citing police officials, said that Mason was heading to Kingston when he lost control of the motorbike. He died instantly, Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner said.
