Exactly four years ago, in the final strides of her winning run at Rio’s Grand Prix 2008, Marian Joan Burnett pointed to the white block letter on her red singlet.
The letters spelt: G-U-Y-A-N-A, and Burnett wanted to make sure everybody noticed them. So close to home, the Guyanese track star may have been sending a message to her country’s neighbours.
Burnett was not merely a few seconds f
