President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K.A. Juman Yassin reacting to the news that the Guyana Government has decided to reopen the country’s airports to commercial flights which could pave the way for the athletes to compete abroad, has said the foregoing is certainly an option but noted that safety is the ultimate focus.
“Once all the conditions are there for safe travel to competitions, I wouldn’t have any difficulty with that,” the county’s top Olympic official told this publication during a brief telephone interview.
Yassin, however, guarded against being foolhardy amid the pandemic expressing the view that the safety of athletes from the association’s perspective is still the top priority.