Chelsea Edghill Gains qualification spot to represent Guyana at XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020

National player and Guyana’s highest-ranked female player globally former has gained a qualification spot to participate in the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020. Caribbean under 21 women’s champion and many times Caribbean champion, junior and senior sportswoman Guyana, Lourdosa Portugal division one player will be the first table tennis player, male or female, to represent Guyana at a senior summer Olympic games Olympics.
Edghill is one of the top female players in the Caribbean and Latin America, she reached the quarter finals at the recent Olympic qualifiers held in Rosario Argentina. Great Achievement for us as a Table Tennis nation and fraternity we are truly elated of the ITTF and IOC recognition of our player’s talent and country programs in selecting Chelsea.
While universality position is generally geared towards allowing the opportunity to National Olympic Comittees, which have traditionally sent small delegations to the Olympic Games, and is used as a basis contribute to enhancing and reflecting universality of the Olympic Games by selecting athletes from countries’ which have not been able to qualify, so that they may have an opportunity to be invited to compete in sports and disciplines for which Invitation Places have been reserved.
For table tennis only One (1) men’s single and one (1) women’s singles Tripartite Commission Invitation Places are made available for which Chelsea secured. In the realm of table tennis, the University of Lindenwood graduate in Chemistry performance attempts at qualification tournament wins; ability and potential of the athlete played a critical role in the selection of the Universality spots.
Chelsea is a former ITTF With the Future in Mind Scholarship awardee and a former Junior Olympian ( Nanjing China 2014). This comes on the heels of Guyana’s women’s team of Chelsea Edghill Trenace Lowe and Natalie Cummings and Jody Ann Blake qualification to the World Table Tennis Championships Buscan South Korea which was cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic. Chelsea’s team mates Players and parent’s members of the fraternity have expressed their joy for this achievement and have indicated that Chelsea have their fullest support.
This is a win for Guyana’s Table Tennis It’s a testimony to the talent hard work determination the GTTA would like to express our gratitude to all who have contributed and to our members who continue to work hard and play despite the challenges.