{"id":21949,"date":"2024-09-02T22:49:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T22:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21949"},"modified":"2024-09-02T22:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T22:49:48","slug":"michael-parris-honored-on-44th-anniversary-of-olympic-bronze-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/michael-parris-honored-on-44th-anniversary-of-olympic-bronze-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Parris Honored on 44th Anniversary of Olympic Bronze Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Last week, Guyana marked the 44th anniversary of Michael Parris\u2019 historic achievement of winning a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate this significant milestone, a commemorative fitness walk was held on Sunday from the Bank of Guyana to the Seawall Bandstand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Parris, now 66 years old, joined family and government officials in the event, which recognized his remarkable contribution to Guyanese sports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fitness walk provided an opportunity for Parris to share insights with young athletes about the importance of focus and perseverance in achieving success in sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cristy Campbell, Commissioner in the National Sports Commission, and Steve Ninvalle, Director of Sport, both acknowledged Parris&#8217; profound impact on the sport and his enduring legacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Sports Commission also extended a financial contribution to Parris in recognition of his accomplishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Parris&#8217; bronze medal remains Guyana&#8217;s sole Olympic medal, highlighting his exceptional achievement on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Guyana marked the 44th anniversary of Michael Parris\u2019 historic achievement of winning a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. To celebrate this significant milestone,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21949","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=21949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21976,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21949\/revisions\/21976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}