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Archibald’s historic gold is Guyana’s lone medal at CAC Games
By Rawle Toney
Kaieteur Sports – It was a bittersweet conclusion for Team Guyana at the 25th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games, which concluded yesterday.
Guyana competed in various sports disciplines, including men’s hockey, fencing, track and field, archery, badminton, women’s 3×3 basketball, swimming, table tennis, and weightlifting.
The games, held this year in El Salvador and the Dominican Republic, witnessed Emanuel Archibald making history as the first Guyanese, male or female, to win the 100m event.
Emanuel Archibald following his historic win in the Men’s 100m at the 2023 CAC Games
Standing Tall! Emanuel Archibald at the tp[ pf the podium at the CAC Games.
Archibald now joins Ralph Gomes (1959 – 800m), June Griffith (1982 – 800m), Oslen Barr (1986 – 800m), and Brenda Archer (1962 – High Jump) as track and field athletes who have won gold at the CAC Games.
Guyana’s other gold medals in the history of the CAC Games were earned by Squash queen Nicolette Fernandes (2006 singles) and the men’s Sevens Rugby team (2010).
Before Archibald’s outstanding performance, the last time Guyana earned track and field medals at the CAC Games was during the 2010 event in Puerto Rico, where Cleveland Forde came third in the Men’s 5000m, Marian Burnett secured bronze in the women’s 800m, and Aliann Pompey finished second in the women’s 400m.
In the 2018 Games held in Colombia, the Squash pair Ashley Khalil and Taylor Fernandes won Guyana’s only medal in Barranquilla by finishing third in the Women’s Doubles event.
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