3rd Annual KMPA Junior Olympic Games set for this October

Apr 25, 2019 Sports

Andy Medas-King, the founder of the King-Medas Pansy-Adonis (KMPA) Junior Olympic Games, in a release to the media, yesterday, has confirmed that athletes and sports enthusiasts can look forward to the third annual edition of the event this October.
Set for the Lusignan Community Center (LGC) ground on the East Coast of Demerara, from the third to the fifth of October, the first two days of the Junior Olympic Games will feature field events on the first two days, while the track finals will be contested on the final day.
On the seventh, the KMPA Classic Road Race will jog off at Bachelor’s Adventure and like the Junior Olympic Games, this event will feature athletes from the under-8 to Masters’ categories competing.
In the release, Medas-King posited that, “We’re coming back again with another spectacular event. The KMPA Junior Olympics is the only event in the history of Guyana that set aside a day for field events and this has seen rewards with Guyana winning a Gold medal in the Javelin event at this year’s Carifta Games, thanks to the programme and its coach.”
He further posited that the KMPA goes above and beyond the road race classic and Junior games, “In March of this year, the KMPA foundation exposed several athletes and teachers from Soesdyke Secondary School to participate in the USA at the New Balance Nationals.”
This year, the 110m and 400m hurdles event will be included for the second consecutive year with the intention of promoting the event locally since Guyana usually lack competitors in this event at regional competitions.
The games, which are open to the differently-able, will also have keen action between schools with all 10 regions being targeted to compete. In the 17-20 years category, athletes will receive a grant for whichever learning institution of their choice.

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