The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio came and went just as fast as some of the times Jamaica’s new sprint sensation, Elaine Thompson recorded on the track.
While the double gold medalist (100m and 200m) seemed to take the baton from her countrywoman, Shelly-Ann Fraser Price, as the globe’s new sprint queen and superstar Usain Bolt cemented his status as track and field’s greatest sprinter of all time, Guyana stuck to the script of mediocrity.
Wild card entrant, Hannibal Gaskin apart, none of the six local representatives at this year’s Olympic Games were able to mirror or surpass their season’s or personal best performances.
Doris who rose to prominence after leaping 17.18m (national record) on May 14 in Florida placed seventh among the finalists after he hopped, skipped and jumped 16.90m. This is after being ranked third in the world just three months ago.