By Kiev Chesney
Caribbean long distance champion runner Alika Morgan and champion cyclist Geron Williams have been named by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) to participate in the ‘Youth Create Future’ Camp which will take place from August 6-17 in Beijing, China.
Chef-de-Mission of the GOA, Noel Adonis, said yesterday that each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was required to select two of their country’s top athletes to participate in a 12-day Olympic Youth Camp during the Olympic Games.
Adonis said that the athletes will be given a chance to experience some of the Chinese culture, witness the torch relay, as well as to interact with athletes from all over the world under the theme of `Harmony and Tolerance.’
He added that though the athletes would not have a chance to witness all the events of the Olympic Games, (August 8-24) they will have a chance to view some of the events as part of the programme.
Morgan and Williams were selected on the basis of their success in their respective sports disciplines.
The two athletes were selected by the executive members of the GOA after being short-listed by various sports federations.
President of the GOA, K.A Juman Yassin, who recently returned from a head of association’s meeting in Beijing, said that he was pleased to announce the 2008 summer games were on schedule and that all participating countries have agreed against a boycott.
Both Morgan and Williams are fifth form students currently preparing for the Caribbean Examinations Councils (CSEC) examinations.
