By Noelle Smith
Guyana’s Deshana Skeete knew prior to winning the gold medal at the South American Youth Games in Santiago, Chile earlier this month that she would win the 400m event.
“When I got up in the morning I knew it was my time and that I was going to win the race. I spoke to my mother and my coach the morning of the race’ and they kept motivating me. I was nervous going into the race but I just kept talking to myself and hearing my mother and my coach in my head and that’s what got me through to win the race,” Skeete told Stabroek Sports in an exclusive interview.
And that’s just what she did in the process becoming the first Guyanese athlete to win a gold medal at the event.
