GUYANA’s Aliyah Abrams will run out of Lane 2 in semi-final two of the women’s 400 metres today, after setting a new season’s best of 51.44 seconds. That race is set for 6:45am.
Abrams crossed the finish line in fourth, in her 400m Heat and is now the first Guyanese female since four-time Olympian Aliann Pompey to qualify for a 400m semi-final at the Olympic Games. Abrams managed to reset the previous season best of 51.46 seconds, while her Personal Best remains 51.13 seconds.
She is the final Guyanese athlete on show in Japan. In fact, she was the first Guyanese to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, doing so since 2019.
Abrams is also the only Guyanese athlete to qualify for the games by achieving the required standard entry time for her event.
At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, Abrams narrowly missed out a spot in the women’s 400m finals when she finished fifth in the semi-finals.