We are champions! Raucous applause filled the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, at that statement by Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.
He was at the time delivering the keynote address at the welcome home reception held in honour of Guyana’s returning Carifta Games contingent, which netted a haul of eight medals (four gold, two silver, and two bronze) in Grenada, the country’s best return in 51 years of participating at the prestigious regional games.
While Guyana had also copped eight medals at the last edition of the Games in the Bahamas, their gold medal count was larger this time around.
