{"id":16769,"date":"2024-02-26T02:01:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T02:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16769"},"modified":"2024-02-26T02:01:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T02:01:17","slug":"tough-start-for-aleka-persaud-at-doha-world-aquatics-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/tough-start-for-aleka-persaud-at-doha-world-aquatics-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Tough Start for Aleka Persaud at Doha World Aquatics Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em><strong>By Travis Seymour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana\u2019s top female swimmer, Aleka Persaud, faced a challenging start at the 2024 World Aquatics Championship in Doha, Qatar, finishing outside the top three in her first race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Heat 4 of the competition, Persaud placed 8th, with Maria Fernandez from the Dominican Republic securing first place in 1 minute 01.03 seconds, followed by Riley Miller from the US Virgin Islands in second with 1 minute 01.08 seconds, and Mia Lee from Guam in third with 1 minute 01.22 seconds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persaud, aged 17, completed the race in 1 minute and 02.20 seconds, falling short of her national record of one minute and 67 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this setback, Persaud, who represented Guyana in the 50-meter freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics, is set to compete again on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is expected to perform better in the 50-meter freestyle event, where she currently holds the national record with a time of 27.42 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Raekwon Noel secured victory in his heat of the 100-meter freestyle, overcoming competitors from Papua New Guinea and Bhutan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he was off his personal best of 51.98 seconds, which also stands as the national record in the 100-freestyle, Noel expressed his satisfaction with his performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the importance of the championship in his pursuit of qualifying for the upcoming Olympic Games later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noel&#8217;s next challenge will be in the 100-butterfly event, where he aims to execute his race strategy and further hone his skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Persaud and Noel earned their spots in the World Aquatics Championship through wild card qualifications, representing Guyana on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the championship progresses, both athletes remain determined to showcase their talents and represent Guyana with pride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour Guyana\u2019s top female swimmer, Aleka Persaud, faced a challenging start at the 2024 World Aquatics Championship in Doha, Qatar, finishing outside the top three in her first&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16769","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\/16769","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=16769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16771,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16769\/revisions\/16771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}