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Fortune explains Falcon Games
After making her first International attempt which was unsuccessful for the year to reach the
Alicia Fortune
qualifying standards for the London Olympic Games, Alicia Fortune, Guyana’s present sprint queen explains what transpired in her attempt in the 100m and 200ms at the Falcon Games, Trinidad and Tobago.
It was revealed that a lot of factors contributed to her performance which she labeled as ‘a good performance’, knowing where she was and the obstacles she had before the competition.
With over 1300 athletes registering for the Falcon Games, which was staged at the Crawford Stadium a few days ago, Fortune stated that it was very fatiguing for her since at Developmental Meets and Championships at home, the most heats a race will have is three, “The races had numerous heats (over 7), it was as if you were running your actually race; there was no time to relax or anything, that was the only way you could have qualified for the finals.”
Fortune added that the numerous heats added to her fatigue after she was already fighting to the end to get sponsorship for her daughter, Andrea Foster who was a part of Guyana CARIFTA Team for the Falcon Games. “I was trying endlessly to get sponsorship for my daughter to travel to Bermuda for the CARIFTA Games. I have made many CARIFTA Teams myself, but never got the opportunity to go because of finance and I did not want the same to repeat for my daughter.”
The sprint queen who clocked 11.6 seconds on grass at the Guyana Defence Force Developmental Meet after using the 100m as a test run for the Falcon Games clocked 12.21 seconds in preliminaries. Fortune explained that herself along with another female, Breanna Gomes ran the same time in the 100m and a decision was made which allowed Gomes to run the finals since only one spot was open to complete the amount required for the finals; “I missed my chance of running the 100m finals, myself along with another female ran the exact time in the heats and only one spot was open and a decision had to be made to decide who will run the finals and I missed that opportunity due to fact of not having a manager/coach present at the games to discuss what has required with the technical staff.”
The exhausted Fortune further disclosed that she was surprised when the 200m ran before the 100m, “It was strange to me because I normally run the 100m before the 200m at home,” adding that the races did not run on the scheduled time.
Asking the athlete about the 200m finals, she said that she got a great start but had a muscle shut down about 50-40 meters before the conclusion of the race. “I came out great with the first (Kamaria Durant) and second (Nicole Davis) place finishers in the race but my muscles just shut off on me about 50-40m before the end of the race.” Fortune qualified for the Women’s 200m in a time of 24.50 seconds and clocked 24.90 seconds to finish sixth in the finals.
Fortune, who stated that she was injured last year, revealed that she was experiencing some minor nips and nags on the day of event in her legs, “I couldn’t have run the way I wanted to since I do not want to get injured again. I am trying to run smart.”
Alicia Fortune next International Meet will be at the Trinidad Nationals according to her.
Fortune would like to thank her sponsors, Giftland Office Max, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and BV NBC for their assistance. (Juanita Hooper)
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