GUYANESE athletes are on their way to medalling at the 2014 South American Games after a dominant performance in the semifinals.

The South American Games which is a multi-sport event saw Guyana’s 400m athlete Winston George come second in the first round of the semi with a time of 46.57s which is now his personal best. He was beaten by Brazilian Freitas Hendriques who made it in a time of 45.57s and coming in third was Venezuelan Aguilar Alberto with a time of 46.91s.
In the second round of the semi-final Colombian Perlaza Zapata dusted out Menzos Freddy of Venezuela and Brazilian Baludunio De Sousa with a time of 46.54 which was the best time overall in the 400m. Freddy copped a time of 46.83s and De Sousa with a time of 47.63s qualified for the finals.
However, Guyana’s 100m female sprint ace Alisha Fortune had made her way to the semifinals after her dominant performance in the first round. Cleveland Thomas and Cleveland Forde also made their way to the final of the 1500m after they sweated their way out to the finish line at the semifinal round.
The semifinals of the women’s 100m, men’s 400m and 1500m final will be ran tomorrow at 12:10hrs, 13:20hrs and 19:00hrs respectively.