Emanuel Archibald’s debut appearance at the ongoing Olympic Games ended yesterday in round one of the men’s 100m staged at the Olympic stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
After clocking 10.30s in a second place effort in the preliminary round, the native of Linden could not replicate or produce a faster timing in round one.
The 26-year-old finished a disappointing last of nine runners in a sub-par 10.41s in heat two which was won by Nigeria’s Enoch Adegoke who produced a blistering personal best run of 9.98s.
Note: Archibald, a South American Games silver and bronze medallist has a personal best of 10.22s in the blue riband event.
Guyana’s hopes of a podium finish at the Games of the 32nd Olympiad now rests on the shoulders of two-time Olympian, Aliyah Abrams.
Abrams, 24, who competes in the 400m event, will spring into action on Tuesday.
Guyana’s other six representatives at the Games have all been eliminated from competition. Boxer, Keevin Allicock and table tennis player, Chelsea Edghill respective podium dreams ended with losses in their preliminary matches last Friday. So did the dreams of swimmer, Andrew Fowler on Tuesday and fellow swimmer, Aleka Persaud along with 100m athlete, Jasmine Abrams on Thursday.
