Guyana’s medal hopes at the IAAF World Championships currently underway in Doha, Qatar were slashed by a third after long jumper, Emanuel Archibald finished 11th of 12 jumpers in his heat yesterday.
On the opening day of the 17th edition of event, Archibald had a best jump of 7.56m, way below his personal best mark and national record, 8.12m which would have been good for second.
Cuban, Juan Miguel, Japan’s Yuki Hashioka and Steffin McCarter of the USA occupied the top three positions in the first heat after disturbing the sand in 8.40m, 8.07m and 8.04m in that order.
Guyana will be hoping it’s two other representatives, quarter-miler, Aliyah Abrams and 800m athlete, Quamel Prince have a more successful campaign than Archibald who was not at the peak of his powers.
Abrams’ World Championships campaign begins Thursday while Prince will first face the starter’s pistol on Tuesday.
Notes: The World Championships which takes place every two years, has a history of delivering iconic athletic moments which include gold medal wins for sprint legend, Usain Bolt and long distance champions, Sir Mo Farah and Tirunesh Dibaba.
More than 2000 of the world’s top athletes will be competing for 192 medals set to be awarded across 49 finals during the competition which got underway yesterday with the midnight Marathon. Stabroek Sport will keep readers updated on the performances of the locals and the international athletes.
