The X11 edition of the South American Games kicks off today with Paraguay playing host until October 15.
The quadrennial games, which first took place in 1978, will see 15 countries, including 12 from South America and three from Central America, compete for honours in 53 different sports.
Guyana’s 16 athletes are set to compete in four; badminton, boxing, squash and table tennis.
The nation’s badminton players will be the first of the outfit to vie for medals when the discipline starts tomorrow.
Badminton starts tomorrow and runs through October 7. Boxing punches off a day later and concludes on October 13 while the table tennis and squash players will spring into action from October 9 and 10 respectively.
This morning, skateboarding will open competition at the games, which will have its opening ceremony 12 hours later in the emblematic Defensores del Chaco Stadium, in Asunción.
Some 5,000 athletes from 15 countries and more than 1,800 officials who are joined by 4,500 volunteers and some 10,000 spectators are expected to visit Paraguay over the coming weeks.
In total, nearly 20,000 people will gather for 15 days in Asunción and the surrounding areas of Encarnación, Carmen del Paraná and East City.
Along with the 16 athletes, Guyana’s contingent comprises six officials inclusive of Chef de Mission, Keavon Bess.
The full contingent is below
(Badminton)
Naeem Haque (Coach)
Priyanna Ramdhani
Narayan Ramdhani
Akili Haynes
(Squash)
Garfield Wiltshire (Manager)
Nicolette Fernandes
Taylor Fernandes
Larissa Wiltshire
Ashley Khalil
(Boxing)
Terrence Poole (Coach)
Gregory Cort (Manager)
Keevin Allicock
Desmond Amsterdam
Colin Lewis
(Table Tennis)
Idi Lewis (Coach)
Christopher Franklin
Shemar Britton
Elishaba Johnson
Chelsea Edghill
Natalie Cummings
Priscilla Greaves
