Guyana’s Emanuel Archibald wowed late on Friday night with a stellar 10.30s run to move on to Round 1 of the Men’s 100m sprint event.
However, Archibald could not get past the next Round, as he met up with some of the current fastest men in the world, in what is considered one of the Olympics’ marquee events.
Guyana’s Emanuel Archibald
Archibald running out of lane 9 in Heat 2 of the preliminary Round, had a reaction time of 0.152s coming out of the block. About 60 meters out, the Guyanese sprinter picked up the pace to cross the line second in a time of 10.30s.
He came in behind Oman’s Barakat Al Harthi, who clocked 10.27s for the win.
Archibald’s time ensured that he would move on to Round 1, meeting the likes of USA’s Trayvon Bromell and Nigeria’s Enoch Adegoke.
The Round 1 race got off on Saturday morning, around 6.45am local time, with the Guyanese sprinter lined up in lane 2.
Archibald, who hails from Amelia’s Ward, Linden, had a better reaction time to his first race at 0.148, however, the Guyanese was unable to pick up the pace in ending sections of the race. Archibald went on to clock 10.41s, finishing 9th.
While Archibald is now out of contention in the Tokyo 2020 Games, the last Guyanese athlete to take the track will be Aliyah Abrams on Monday August 2. Her event will be the women’s 400m race, with the Heats scheduled to begin at 8.45pm local time.
