{"id":13627,"date":"2023-11-06T18:21:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13627"},"modified":"2023-11-06T18:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:21:32","slug":"guyanas-track-athletes-gear-up-for-pan-american-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanas-track-athletes-gear-up-for-pan-american-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana&#8217;s Track Athletes Gear Up for Pan American Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s athletics contingent is ready to make their mark at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmanuel Archibald, the 2023 Central America and Caribbean Games 100-meter Gold medalist, is set to compete in the semifinals this evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Olympian is optimistic about his chances, attributing his strong preparation to being able to acclimatize in Chile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Archibald will also participate in the 200 meters, he has chosen to skip the long jump this year due to a prior injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Olympian, Aaliyah Abrams, is poised for the Women&#8217;s 400m semi-finals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside her sister Jasmine, who will also be representing Guyana, Aaliyah expresses confidence in her physical condition and readiness to give her all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aaliyah, a 400m specialist, has demonstrated her prowess this year by clinching first place at the NACAC New Life Invitational meet in the Bahamas with a national record time of 50.20 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasmine Abrams, a 100m sprinter, is equally determined to excel on the track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is also striving for qualification to the Paris 2024 Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keliza Smith will also be competing in the Women&#8217;s 100m semi-finals this evening, adding to the promising lineup of Guyanese athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As they gear up for their respective events, Guyana&#8217;s track stars aim to showcase their talent and determination on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>[Reported by Travis Seymour, NCN Guyana]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana&#8217;s athletics contingent is ready to make their mark at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Emmanuel Archibald, the 2023 Central America and Caribbean Games 100-meter Gold medalist, is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13627","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\/13627","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=13627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13629,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13627\/revisions\/13629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}