YOUNG boxer Christopher Moore won his 60kg bout against Cyprus’s Dimitris Christofi yesterday afternoon in Guyana’s first silver lining, at the Commonwealth Youth Games ongoing in the Bahamas.
Boxing continues for Guyana tomorrow when Keevin Allicock takes on North Ireland’s Kian Bittles in the 52kg category, while Guyana’s bid in the athletics competition begins today when Kenisha Phillips and Onasha Rogers step out in the Girls’ 100m heats.
In tomorrow’s athletics Guyana will have Tremaine Browne in the Boys’ long jump. While Phillips and Rogers will be out again for the Girls’ 200m heats, Daniel Melville will be in the Boys’ 800m heats.
Earlier yesterday, swimmers Patrice Mahaica and Daniel Scott were in the pool representing Guyana, but did not move into the finals of their respective events.
This followed Joshua Buchanan’s performance in Judo on Monday, where he lost 00 – 11 to Barbados’ Khalil Jessamy in a repechage match.
In the pool, Guyana’s Mahaica finished eighth in heat three of four with a time of 32.83 seconds in the Girls’ 50m butterfly. The heat was won by England’s Alicia Wilson who clocked 27.68 seconds, the second fastest tie in a heats.
In the Boys’ 200m freestyle Scott finished third in his heats, stopping the clock at 2:09.90s. The fastest heat’s time of 1:51.06s, was made by South Africa’s Jarryd Baxter.
Scott was also in the Boys’ 50m butterfly, where his time of 28.31 seconds placed him fifth in heat two of five.
Guyana is being represented in four of the nine sport disciplines being contested at the Games.