{"id":13483,"date":"2023-10-27T21:43:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13483"},"modified":"2023-10-27T21:43:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:43:17","slug":"raekwon-noel-impresses-at-pan-american-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/raekwon-noel-impresses-at-pan-american-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Raekwon Noel Impresses at Pan American Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s top swimmer, Raekwon Noel, delivered a strong performance at the Pan American Games in Chile, narrowly missing out on a spot in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Competing in the 400-metre freestyle race, Noel secured a second-place finish in the heats with a time of 4 minutes, 07.38 seconds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He trailed behind Costa Rican swimmer Alberto Vega, while Cayman Island&#8217;s James Allison secured third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this podium finish, Noel landed 17th overall, just outside the cutoff for the A and B finals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He now stands as the first alternate for the final, in case of any withdrawals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on his performance, Noel expressed satisfaction, believing he executed the race as he had intended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He acknowledged that there were some missed opportunities but considered it a valuable learning experience for future engagements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noel is gearing up for the 800-metre freestyle and 400-metre individual medley events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the realm of taekwondo, Guyana&#8217;s sole representative, Ceili Peterson, faced off against Costa Rica&#8217;s Laura Sancho in the round of 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peterson, who is based in Toronto, Canada, displayed a commendable effort, ultimately falling short with a score of 2\u20131 in favor of Sancho. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peterson expressed gratitude for the opportunity to compete on behalf of her home country and affirmed that she gave her best effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The games are currently underway in Santiago, Chile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana&#8217;s top swimmer, Raekwon Noel, delivered a strong performance at the Pan American Games in Chile, narrowly missing out on a spot in the final. Competing in the 400-metre freestyle&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13485,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13483\/revisions\/13485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}