Gold for Newton, bronze for Springer in 200m finals

FOLLOWING his bronze-medal finish in the men’s 100m, Ezekiel Newton doubled his medal haul at the 2023 South America under-20 championships with a blistering gold-medal run in the 200m final. Newton, who won in a personal best (PB) time of 20.96 seconds, became the second Guyanese ever to win gold at the event at the South American Championships.

Meanwhile, Tianna Springer, as expected, finished third in the women’s 200m final to go along with her gold medal in the women’s 400m final. Springer registered a PB of 23.72 seconds in the 200m, lowering her previous PB by four-tenths of a second, which she registered in the heat.

Guyana was represented by a team of 10 – seven athletes and three officials at the 2023 South American under-20 championships that was hosted in Bogota, Colombia.