Leslain Baird, who won bronze in the men’s javelin throw at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile, just a week ago, was financially rewarded by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) yesterday morning.
In fact, the GOA, in a real show of support for Guyana’s outstanding events, will also present rewards of the same nature to Jasmine Abrams, who won silver in the women’s 100m, and Emmanuel Archibald, who managed bronze in the men’s 100m.
Baird was the only medalist present at the morning’s ceremony, as the other two athletes are still overseas. However, he was accompanied by coaches Johnny Gravesande (athletics), Idi Lewis (table tennis), and Ramphal Ramjeet (taekwondo), along with badminton player Priyanna Ramdhani, weightlifter Krystol Chanderban, and boxers Keevin Allicock, Alesha Jackman, and Emmanuel Pompey at Olympic House.
