Pan American Games in Chile

National 400m record holder Aliyah Abrams was undoubtedly far from her best as she finished fifth in the final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, on another extremely chilly night at the Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium.

With a season-best and national record of 50.20s, high expectations surrounded Abrams, adding to Guyana’s medal tally, given she entered the race with the second fastest qualifying time – 51.82 seconds.

In the final, Abrams clocked 52.66 seconds.
The race was won by Chilean Martina Weil (51.48s), followed by Ecuadorian Dayci Caicedo (51.76s) and Colombian Jazim Aguilar (51.95s).
More so, Emanuel Archibald will have a chance to add to this 100m bronze when he contests the 200m final today from 20:10hrs.
Not his favoured event, Archibald went slower than his season best of 20.69 seconds to clock 21.08 seconds, which placed him third in semi-final 1.
However, his time was still good enough to progress as one of the two non-direct qualifiers.
Brazilian Renan Correa (20.39s) was the fastest qualifier.

Meanwhile, Archer Devin Paul managed to improve his ranking, as he was at the bottom of the 32 competitors but ascended to 29 with a cumulative of 611.
Today, Hemchandra Persaud contests Esport football from 10:00hrs while Leslain Baird will seek glory in the Men’s Javelin on Saturday from 18:59hrs to end Guyana’s campaign at the Games.