National table tennis player Chelsea Edghill will represent Guyana at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, scheduled from July 26th to August 10th, after being granted a ‘wild card’ berth.
This was confirmed by a release from the Guyana Table Tennis Association. According to the correspondence, Edghill was granted the sole female ‘wild card’ slot after acquiring the votes of the “International Olympic Committee and International Table Tennis Federation.”
“For table tennis, only a men’s singles and women’s singles “Wild Card” Tripartite Commission Invitation Places for the sport are made available for the Olympic Games”, the release further said.
This will be Edghill’s second appearance at the global showpiece following her participation at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Edghill defeated two-time Olympian Sally Yee of Fiji 4-1, 11-5, 4-11, 11-3, 11-6, and 11-8 in her debut in the preliminary round. However, she was then defeated by Yubin Shin of South Korea in the Women’s Singles.
