Blackmore denies AAG named Ryan as track coach for Beijing

By Kiev Chesney

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Claude Blackmore has denied that the AAG and Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) had named Joe Ryan, Assistant Coach at the Manhattan College, to coach Guyanese athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

When contacted late yesterday Blackmore said: “The AAG has not yet named any coach to accompany our athletes to the Olympic Games. The only person that we have named as part of the athletics contingent is Cornel Rose, who will travel as the General Manager.”