Aliyah Abrams hopes of earning a medal at this year’s ongoing Pan American Games in Chile faded on the homestretch as she finished fifth in the final of the 400m last night at the Julio Martinez National Stadium.
Abrams, clocked 52.66s in a pedestrian finish in the quarter mile event which was won by Chile’s Martina Weil in 51.48s. Ecuador’s Dayci Caicedo (61.76s) and Colombia’s Jazmin Aguilar (51.95s) joined her on the podium.
Abrams, the national 400m record holder was aiming to join her sister, Jasmine and Emanuel Archibald as medals winners for Guyana at this year’s Games but ran out of steam on the final 100m.
Jasmine Abrams earned a silver medal in the female 100m final Tuesday night while Archibald clinched a bronze in the male version of the marquee sprint event that same night.
Earlier on the track, Archibald finished third in his 200m semi-final in 21.08s to clinch a berth in today’s final.
Archibald, who earned a bronze medal a day earlier in the 100m event, will look to add to his medal count in the half-lap event which is scheduled to run off at 19:10hrs.
