Gibbons goes back to back to back!
nisha Gibbons continued to fly the Golden Arrowhead high after she became the first Guyanese athlete to win three consecutive Gold medals at the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) games following her winning throw of 47.96m in the Girls’ under-20 Javelin event yesterday in Bahamas.

Gibbons, who won first won the Javelin event in 2019 could’ve potentially had five gold medals if COVID-19 didn’t postpone the 2020 & 2021 event. She won in 2022 and again yesterday.

The 18-year-old, who is on scholarship at New Mexico Junior College, broke her own national record of 45.37m to finish ahead of French Guiana’s Korann Colet (45.32m) and Vanessa Sawyer (43.37m) of the Bahamas.

She became the latest medalist, bringing Guyana’s total medal haul to four up to press time. The Berbician joins Tianna Springer, who won Gold in the Girls’ under-17 400m, Javon Roberts (Silver in Boys’ under-17 1500m) and Seon Booker, who finished with Bronze in the Boys’ under-20 1500m.