George through to 400M semi-finals, Archibald fails to reach 100m finals

Colin ‘Superman’ Lewis’ hope of landing a medal at the Commonwealth Games came to a controversial end, when he lost his Light Welterweight fight against South African Sinethemba Blom.

After edging St Lucia’s Nathan Ferrari in his campaign at the Games in Australia’s Gold Coast, Lewis would next then ‘laced’ his gloves to meet Blom, one of South Africa’s premier Light Welterweight.
Lewis was the victim of several hits below the belt from Blom, which also resulted in the South African having points deducted.

However, at the end of the three rounds, only one of the five judges scored the fight in favour of the Guyanese, while Blom, despite having points removed, edged his South American counterpart on points.
Dubious, to say the least with regards to Blom’s win, the South African will now advance to the Quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, Emanuel Archibald and Winston George took to the track in an attempt to add to the legacy left by Commonwealth Games 400 metres gold and silver medallist, Aliann Pompey, but the pair fell short.

Archibald did well enough to reach the semi-final but his time of 10.47 seconds was not good enough to see him through to the finals. The athlete, who is attached to the University of the West Indies (Jamaica), will shift his attention to the Long Jump.
Winston George, competing at his second Commonwealth Games, in the 400 metres, clocked 46.92 seconds in his heat to secure a spot in the semi-finals. George will also run the 200 metres.