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Aug 25, 2013 Sports
– 7 disciplines to be represented
By Franklin Wilson
A large contingent of young promising athletes will leave these shores next month seeking to make the Golden arrowhead proud when they represent at the inaugural South American Youth Games set for Lima, Peru from September 9 to 29, 2013.
While funding for athletes travel has continue to bug athletes and teams from consistently honing their skills at higher levels that would not be the case this time around as the Organising Committee has provided the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) with sixteen (16) free tickets for the athletes.
Some further assistance is being lobbied for by the GOA to obtain a few more tickets. The local body headed by Mr. K.A Juman Yassin will also be chipping in with funding for the Guyana contingent.
Chef de Mission will be experienced Administrator and GOA Member Dr. Karen Pilgrim.
At these inaugural games there will be some 213 events (Men’s 109; Women’s 91; Mixed 13) with fourteen countries participating including Guyana. The others are Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela and hosts, Peru.
Peruvian Olympic Committee President Mr. Jose Quinones Gonzalez has promised that the Games will be of the highest degree of excellence.
The South-American Youth Games is part of the South American Sports Organisation (ODESUR) strategic planning, and seeks the development of sports throughout the region. The initiative is aligned to the Youth Olympic Games and follows the same schedule of sports, age range and philosophy towards the strengthening of sport practice and the encouragement of culture and the promotion of ethics and education of the youth.
Following are the names of the athletes, the events they will participate in and officials selected by the various associations.
Athletics
Athletes: Jason Yaw (200m, 400m); Dequawn Vancooten (100m); Tirana Mitchell (100m, 200m); Andrea Foster (1500m, 3000m)
Official: Julian Edmonds
Badminton
Athletes: Ambika Ramraj, Narayan Ramdhani (both in individual event, plus “multinational” mixed doubles)
Official: Gokarn Ramdhani
Boxing
Athletes: Tefon Greene (49kg); Travis Fraser (69kg); Joel Williamson (56kg); Michael April (52kg)
Official: Sheridan Thomas
Cycling
Athletes: Akeem Arthur (Road Cycling, Mixed Relay); Alonzo Ambrose (Mountain Bike); Shaquel Agard (Road); Stepano Husbands (Mountain Bike); Crystal Lambert (Mixed Relay)
Official: William Howard
Swimming
Athletes: Hannibal Gaskin (50 and 100 free, 50 and 100 butterfly); Onika George (50 and 100 Free; 50 and 100 Back); Omar Adams (50, 100 and 200 free, 50 fly)
Official: Sean Baksh
Table Tennis
Athletes: Shemar Britton, Chelsea Edghill (both in individual event, plus “multinational” mixed doubles)
Official: Linden Johnson
Weightlifting
Athletes: Sheriah Melville (over 63kg); Darren Williams (77kg); Denoila Bristol (53kg)
Official: Sean Cozier
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