JULIAN Edmonds, coach of National 100 metres champion Emanuel Archibald, believes the sprinter will be ready to give his best on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan.
Archibald, one of seven athletes representing Guyana at the 32nd Olympiad, will match strides with some of the world’s fastest men in Japan in the Heats of the highly anticipated Men’s 100 metres event. Edmonds, one of the best local coaches, told Chronicle Sport that “based on the last couple of sessions that ‘Amo’ (Archibald) has had; he’s on point.”
According to Edmonds, “We did a lot of race models, we did a lot of blocks work and we did some flies. The last training sessions, his times were on point where it should be and I will be very surprised if ‘Amo’ does not PR at these games.”

Archibald, this year’s South American Senior Championships 100-metre silver medallist and sisters Aliyah and Jasmine Abrams are the Track athletes in Tokyo.
Jasmine Abrams who claimed bronze at the South American Senior Championships and Archibald will be in action on July 31 in the men’s and women’s 100 metres.
Aliyah Abrams, the first Guyanese athlete, male or female, to qualify for the Olympic Games, will have another taste of Olympic competition on August 3, in the women’s 400 metres.
This will be Aliyah’s second Games, having qualified and competed at the 2016 event in Rio, Brazil. Just this week, Archibald told Chronicle Sport that he’s focussed on taking it one step at a time in Tokyo.

Archibald’s personal best in the distance is 10.22 seconds, set in 2018 in Kingston, Jamaica. He also clocked a wind-assisted 10.18 seconds to win Guyana’s senior Men’s 100 metres at the Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AAG) National Championships in June. Though representing Guyana at the Olympic Games in the 100 metres, Archibald is more versed and accomplished in the long jump, where he’s also the country’s National record-holder (8.12m).
Boxer Keevin Allicock OLY, table tennis star Chelsea Edghill OLY, and swimmers Aleka Persaud and Andrew Fowler are the other athletes representing Guyana at the biggest global sporting event.