Chance running towards World Championships

Jul 09, 2019 Sports

National male 400m indoor record holder, Arinze Chance, is confident that he can make the qualifying 45.3 seconds time to secure a debut appearance at this September’s IAAF World Championships that will be held in Doha, Qatar.

Some of the fans at the AP Invitational who Chance noted were relentless in their support.

During an interview with Kaieteur Sport, Chance noted that last weekend’s fourth Aliann Pompey Invitational provided a perfect opportunity for him to make the time but the intermittent rainfall and overcast conditions weren’t ideal for a fast time.

Arinze Chance is looking to make the World Championships this September in Qatar.

However, in the race, Chance clocked his second fastest time of the year; 46.14second, to pip Trinidad & Tobago’s (T&T) Olympian Deon Lindore (46.17s). Chance, who studies at the University of South Carolina in the United States, explained that once he has good conditions and fast opponents to push him, he can definitely make the World Championship qualifying standard.The scholar who set the indoor record to 46.15s in January this year, is looking to compete in T&T’s National Senior Championships that is scheduled to run off this month-end in Port-of-Spain but the funding remains to be the major bugbear for Guyanese athletes.

It was a close finish to the men’s 400m final but Arinze came out on top at the AP invitational.

The budget to attend the T&T games is around US$900 but Chance has posited that once he can get enough sponsorship for airfare, he will handle the rest of the cost.
Last weekend’s AP invitational and the previous weekend’s National Championships was the first time in a while the Arinze has competed in Guyana and he happily shared that it was a great experience, “It is always a pleasure to be back in Guyana competing, the support has been tremendous over the past two weekends, especially at the Aliann Pompey Invitational, the crowd was bigger than I expected it to be. This competition is becoming a premier track meet for regional athletes so the win there last week was big for me.” (Calvin Chapman story and photos)

Discover more from Kaieteur News

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Latest News