GUYANA’S Chelsea Edghill will have to look at another route of qualification for the 2024 Olympic games after a hard loss in her round of 16 match-up against Cuban Estela Crespo.
Edghill, who had two chances to qualify for the games, lost her second round of 16 qualifier on Friday in Lima Peru.

The ITTF Americas Olympic Qualification tournament which took place in the South American country saw the Guyanese lose her first chance on Wednesday in the competition.
Friday’s loss saw Chelsea come out the blocks strong to win 11-9 before the Cuban bounced back take the second set 11-5.

Chelsea showed tremendous fight and grit to claim the third set 11-8 after a grueling game but the see-saw battle continued with Crespo taking the fourth set 11-7 and the fifth set 11-8.
Guyana and English-speaking Caribbean’s lone table Olympian showed why she is the best in the region by coming back like the phoenix to win the sixth set 11-8 to force a decider.
Crespo pulled on all her experience and composure to pull off a big upset in the final set to take a 4-3 win over the Guyanese top player.

Meantime, Former Caribbean champion Shemar Britton missed out on the qualification event because of exams at the at Hugh Wooding Law School.

He is also hoping to grab one of the elusive tripartite spots to the Paris Summer Olympics.