Twenty-five year-old Plaisance native Winston George will be taking to the track in a matter of hours to run the race at his life at the Olympic Stadium of the London 2012 Olympic Games in the first round of the men’s 400m race.
Of the three track and field Olympians, George is the only athlete who lives and trains in Guyana. The Guyana Police Force Impact Patrol Base rank had achieved the Olympic `B’ qualifying standard after posting a blistering time of 45.86 seconds at the ALBA Games in Venezuela just over a year ago. George was later sent to the High Performance