GUYANA continues to fail in the medal count at the South America Games as their athletes struggle to meet the top three in the athletics part of the meet, even though the fastest man in South America is being deemed to come from Guyana . Also, inspite of being one of the best boxing countries in the Caribbean and South America, Guyana still failed to medal in that event. However, there are various events in that category and also in the athletics category remaining where Guyana can try to bounce back with some medals.Representing the Golden Arrowhead at the men’s 400m finals, where he showed an outstanding performance in the first round and semifinals, Winston George came in 4th with a time of 46.15s, which was one of his best times in the meet.
He was, however, beaten by Brazilians’ Freitas Hendriques [gold medal] and Baludunio De Sousa [silver medal] who came in with timings of 45.03s and 45.09s, respectively, and taking the bronze medal was Venezuela Menzos Freddy with a time of 45.86s.
In the men’s 1500 metres final, distance king Cleveland Forde and Cleveland Thomas came in 8th and 9th position, respectively, with timings of 4.02.20 and 4.02.36. The gold, silver and bronze medalists of this event were: Bruno Federico [3.03.96], Lopas Bilbao [3.42.62] and Rodriguez Lleneres [3.42.75].
In addition, in the women’s 100m semi finals Guyana’s sprint ace Alisha Fortune failed to reach the finals as she made it to the bottom of the table with a time of 12.29s. The three [3] qualifiers of this event were Ecuadorian’s Tenorio Micolta [11.72s ] , Quintero Chavez [11.74s], and Colombian Palicios Santos with a time of 11.84s.
In the boxing arena of the competition, Guyana’s Eon Bancroft was punched out by Venezuelan Maestre Gabriel who won the fight 3-0. However, the men’s and women’s 200m final along with Guyana’s final boxing matches, where Guyana can still bounce back with some medals, will commence today and Chronicle Sport will continue its updates of the competition, which is being held in Chile.