{"id":13700,"date":"2023-11-09T14:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13700"},"modified":"2023-11-09T14:09:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:09:42","slug":"guyanese-sprinters-abrams-and-archibald-clinch-medals-at-pan-american-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanese-sprinters-abrams-and-archibald-clinch-medals-at-pan-american-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyanese Sprinters Abrams and Archibald Clinch Medals at Pan American Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyanese athletes Jasmine Abrams and Emmanuel Archibald made their mark at the Pan American Games, bringing an end to Guyana&#8217;s medal drought at the prestigious event held at the Julio Mart\u00ednez National Stadium in Chile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a fiercely contested women&#8217;s 100m event, Jasmine Abrams displayed exceptional prowess, securing a well-deserved silver medal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although slightly off her personal best, Abrams crossed the finish line in 11.52 seconds, showcasing her exceptional sprinting ability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gold went to Cuba&#8217;s Yunis-leidy Garcia, who clocked in at 11.36 seconds, with Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s Michelle Lee-Ahye securing a close third in 11.53 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An exuberant Jasmine Abrams expressed her elation after the race, emphasizing her aspirations for the upcoming Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the men\u2019s 100-meter race proved to be a nail-biter, with a mere hundredth of a second separating the top finishers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmanuel Archibald clinched the bronze medal, narrowly missing out on first place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archibald, who had previously secured CAC gold, faced tough competition from Dominican Republic&#8217;s Jose Gonzalez, who secured first place with a time of 10.30 seconds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazil&#8217;s Felipe Bardi finished alongside Archibald with an identical time of 10.31 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acknowledging the tense moments following two false starts in the race, Archibald remained optimistic about his performance and looked forward to upcoming competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s noteworthy that Archibald opted out of the long jump event in these games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This outstanding achievement by Abrams and Archibald brings immense pride to Guyana, marking a significant milestone in the country&#8217;s athletic history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Reported by Travis Seymour for NCN News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyanese athletes Jasmine Abrams and Emmanuel Archibald made their mark at the Pan American Games, bringing an end to Guyana&#8217;s medal drought at the prestigious event held at the Julio&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13700","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\/13700","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=13700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13702,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13700\/revisions\/13702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}