.. Females settle for silver

AS EXPECTED, Guyana’s male cycling team won gold in the team time trial yesterday in Paramaribo Suriname when the Inter-Guiana Games continued, while their female counterparts had to settle for second place behind the host country.

The team of Akeem Arthur, Kravitz Jeffrey, Shaquel Agard and Alonzo Ambrose finished the 10K course clocking 12 minutes 53 seconds, with French Guiana 21 seconds adrift of the Guyanese in second place while Suriname were third in a time of 13 minutes 59 seconds.
National cycling coach Hassan Mohamed ahead of yesterday’s time trial had told Chronicle Sport that the Guyana team is equipped with some of the best junior cyclists in the Caribbean and as such he expected nothing but victory in Suriname.
However, Mohamed was sceptical about the female’s chances and the long-standing national cycling coach was spot on, since the pair of Toshawna Doris and Ronella Samuels rode 10 minutes seven seconds to come in behind Suriname (nine minutes 35 seconds).
Guyana’s male team are confident ahead of today’s road race which gets on the way at 09:00hrs while the women are seeking redemption following yesterday’s disappointing run.

(By Rawle Toney in Suriname)