AFTER two weeks of intense competition and endurance executed to its highest peak at the just concluded 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games I believe that the 2014 Sochi Games (Russia) will be one that will climb to another level.
Don’t underestimate the Russians.
Athletes of Guyana, as you assemble and jets off to the Inter Guiana Games, Carifta Games, South America Games and Commonwealth Games in 2010; compete as fearless combatants on the track no matter what the odds are.
Medals or not, give notice with your performances that you are a force to be reckoned with even though you are a small contingent.
A great reminder is that Guyana has experienced its moment of glory on the boxing podium with the bronze medal win by Mr. Michael Parris at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. That is an accomplishment we could use as a motivating factor in other events as we make representation at meetings.
I believe that MP also has an important role to play by channeling some energy in educating the ambitious Guyanese Olympians through volunteering exercises with motivation speeches.
The sports fraternity is now left with the task in making this a reality by rolling out the carpet entrance and get the ball going.
The medium also can do its part by allocating a spread in one of the dailies for Guyana’s special Olympian.
I would have loved to conduct such an interview and have the report carried in the dailies, but because I don’t carry the credentials of a field correspondent, I will not be allowed by the management of the dailies.
I will now put in motion, a project and hope it get’s executed. I also expect Mr. Peter Abdool, Mr. R. Trim and the boxing fraternity to come on board with me and do everything in their power for its success.
I am requesting for a Bronze Statue of Olympian Bronze medalist, Michael Parris, to be created and erected at a visible point in the vicinity of the Timer Airport.
The reason for that choice of location is simply because; athletes from all ten regions can use that site for some inspiration as they leave for competition.
