Jamaica's Government to host a celebratory event in honour of the island's Olympians inext month, during the Heroes weekend festivities, after the island's historic 12-medal haul at the London Games a few weeks ago.

According to Natalie Neita-Headley, minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for sport, underscored that the event would not be on the scale of the massive road parade and pageantry that welcomed athletes home from the Beijing Olympics in 2008, as they are ooking for more tangible ways to show the nation's appreciation for the efforts of the athletes.

The minister was speaking during a special reception at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), staged to welcome  100m and 200m silver medallist and 4x100m relay gold medallist Yohan 'The Beast' Blake; 200m bronze medallist Warren Weir; 110m hurdles bronze medallist Hansle Parchment; 4x100m relay gold medallist Kemar Bailey-Cole 4x400m relay bronze medallist Rosemarie Whyte; and United States-based triple jump finalist Kimberly Williams, were among the group.

On stepping off the aircraft that brought them home, the athletes were met by a Jamaica Cadet Force guard of honour on the NMIA tarmac.