Star sprinter Emanuel Archibald stormed to victory in the finals of the blue riband men’s 100m final at the ongoing Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games last night in El Salvador.
Running out of lane 2 at the Jorge ‘El Mágico’ Gonzalez Stadium, Archibald clocked 10.24s to finish atop the podium in the marquee event of track and field.
After finishing second in semifinal one of three in 10.37s, the new CAC Champion redeemed himself when it mattered most, finishing ahead of Jose Gonzalez (10.26s) of the Dominican Republic and BVI’s Rikkoi Braithwaite (10.26s) who had to settle for the silver and bronze medals.
With his heroics, Archibald became the first Guyanese to win a gold medal in the men’s 100m at the quadrennial Games.
