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George races to South American 400m gold medal

Jun 25, 2017 Sports

-after paying expenses to represent Guyana

Guyana’s national 400m record holder, Winston George got the best reward after being forced to pay his own way to represent Guyana at the South American Senior Championships in Paraguay this weekend.
George landed his first major international gold medal in the 400m in 45.42 seconds with a superb performance out of lane nine. The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) had indicated to the athletes hoping to represent Guyana that they would have to pay their own airfare etc. to compete at the meet.
The situation prompted stern rejections of the association from the senior athletes, who were aiming to use the competition as a means of qualification for the World Championship in August in London, England. The athletes vented their frustrations on social media, especially Facebook.
Those athletes included United States-based, Winston George (200m, 400m), Jenea McCammon (100m, 400m hurdles) and Owen Adonis (100m, 200m). The AAG had indicated before that it is sending six athletes to the Championship, but was forced to renege on that decision, allowing the athletes who are willing to stand their expenses to compete in Paraguay.

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