THE blue-ribbon discipline of the Paris Summer Olympics, track and field kicked off on Friday in Paris France with a number of top performances.
On day two, Guyana’s Emanuel Archibald, who is one of the country’s two representatives in athletics, will line up to compete in heat number 7.
He will run out of lane 5 in a heat that boasts the likes of South African’s Akani Simbine, Jamaican’s Akeem Blake and Bahamas’ Wanya McCoy.

Archibald who is at his second Olympic games has a personal best of 10.09 seconds, ran earlier this year.
The first three in each heat and the next three faster athletes advance.
The CAC gold medalist Archibald took second place in the qualifying round of his men’s 100 metres at the last games with a run of 10.41 seconds to advance to the main draw.
Archibald will hit the blocks at 12:40 am this morning (Saturday).

He didn’t qualify for the semi-final in Japan and his goal is likely to qualify for the final in Paris and then look to grab a personal best but will need to get under the minute mark to be in the reckoning for the finals.
Meantime, three times Olympian Abrams who made it into the semi-final with a blistering 51.44 seconds at the last games in Japan is also hoping to reach the finals after having a stellar year with a personal best of 50.20 in May in Bahamas.
She told Sportsmax TV on Thursday during a training session that “I just want to really hammer throw the rounds and make sure I don’t leave anything off the track essentially. So I just intend on giving it my all and just doing my very best so I can make the final.”

The women’s 400 metres heats are set for August 5 and the final on the 7th.
The other representative from Guyana, Table tennis player Chelsea Edghill and 400 metre freestyle swimmer Raekwon Noel who copped second place in his heat, were already eliminated after commendable performances in their events.

Aleka Persaud did not advance in her women 100 metres freestyle earlier this week.