GUYANA’S Relay teams will not advance to the Paris Olympic Games after failing to make the cut in their second qualifier event on Sunday evening at the World Relay Championships in Nassau Bahamas.

The mixed 4×400 relay team featuring Daniel Williams, Tianna Springer, Malachi Austin and Aliyah Abrams placed outside the top two in both rounds 1 and 2 with a best time of 3 minutes 17.65 seconds on Sunday as they picked up 5th place in their final race.

Bahamas won it in a time of 3.12.81s with Jamaica second in 3.14.49s; both countries qualified.

The mixed relay team also grabbed a sixth place finish in the first round on the way to setting a new National Record (3 minutes and 17 seconds).
While in the men’s 4×400 race, Guyana ended 8th in the Olympic Qualifying Round 2 on Sunday evening and 5th place Olympic Qualifier 1 on Saturday.
Spain and Poland were the teams to qualify for the games after finishing in 3.02.39s and 3 .02.91s respectively.

The men’s teams featured 1st leg Daniel Williams, 2nd leg – Patrick Abel, 3rd leg – Malachi Austin and Anchor – Simeon Adams.
Guyana was originally set to compete only in the 4×400 mixed relay but opted to send a men’s 4×400 team after one of the qualifiers pulled out.
The team was accompanied by Manager James Cole.

A total of 70 teams competed at relay events seeking Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualification.
Fourteen teams in each of the five disciplines being contested in Nassau – the women’s and men’s 4x100m and 4x400m as well as the mixed 4x400m – automatically qualified for Paris places.
The first 40 qualified teams were confirmed on Saturday and the final 30 on Sunday.

USA won four of the five finals in Nassau, the nation’s 4x100m women setting a championship record with their 41.85 run and the mixed 4x400m squad achieving the same with their 3:10.73 performance.

While the majority of Paris places now secured, teams that missed out in Nassau do still have a chance to qualify.
A further two Olympic Games places in each discipline will be awarded based on top lists during the qualification period (31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024).