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Change of fortune for Forde
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have stepped up to ensure that its top distance-running athlete Cleveland Forde
Cleveland Forde
compete in the third stage of International Association of Athletics’ Federations (IAAF) South American 10km Road Race in Panama.
Kaieteur Sport understands that following an article that appeared in its Friday edition, indicating that Forde will miss the race for the third straight year owed to the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) lack of funds, GDF Chief-of-Staff, Mark Phillips immediately ensured that steps were taken for the army to fund the athlete.
As a result, Forde will compete in the race on Sunday in Panama after three years. He expressed his delight yesterday. “I did not want this to play out this way, but I am going now and I’m going to do my best,” Forde told Kaieteur Sport briefly yesterday.
Asked if he is psychologically ready, Forde observed that “you have to be ready all the time as an athlete”. Forde has won the first two stages of the race in Guyana and Suriname respectively, and will be looking to win his first Panamanian stage.
The most dominant athlete since the inception of the race twelve years ago, Forde has won two stages six times for a combined 12 overall wins of 36 South American 10km races. Forde placed second the three times he competed in Panama (2009, 2010 and 2011), which is higher in altitude and demands acclimatisation to adjust breathing. (Edison Jefford)
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