A SMALL Guyanese contingent delivered big when they competed in the Guiana Games over the weekend in Cayenne French Guiana.
Led by Olympic sprinter Emmanuel Archibald, Guyana picked up six medals including four gold .
The team’s crowning achievement was a gold medal in the 4×100 metre final where they finished in a blistering time of 39.61 seconds.

The 4×100 men’s team was made up of Noelex Holder, Emmanuel Archibald, Akeem Stewart and Jaheel Cornette.
The win was just shy of the national record of 39.59 seconds in the 4×100 metres event set at the Pan American Games in 1975 by the team that included James Gilkes.
On the individual side of things, it was a remarkable outing for Archibald.

He clinched gold in the long jump with a leap of 7.94 metres for the win with French Guiana Alan Alasis second with 7.31 metres.
Archibald’s crowning achievement came in the men’s 100 metres International Invitational final where he matched his personal best of 10.13 seconds to take the title.
The second place went to French Guiana’s Aymeric Priam in 10.27 meters with Marvin Rein third in 10.37 seconds.

Local Akeem Stewart was fifth in 10.70 seconds.
It was, however, an occasion where Archibald’s main goal of qualifying for the Olympics was not reached as the Paris summer Olympic Games mark is set at 10 seconds flat.
In the second international race Noelex Holder won in 10.35 seconds ahead of Ylann Bizasene in 10.43 seconds.
Leslain Baird, another Olympic hopeful, also bagged the top of the podium finish in the Javelin throw. He dominated the competition to claim gold after a throw of 76.10 metres but he needed 85.50 to make the cut for Paris.

French Guiana’s Travis Cudjoe came in second with a throw of 65.09
metres.
Also coming away with a bronze medal was Shemar Horatio who finished in 21.04 seconds in the 200 metres behind French Guiana’s Aymeric Priam who stopped the clock in 20.96 seconds and Loic Provost who finished in 21.00 for silver.