Edghill falls short in table tennis encounter

Pan American Games 2019
The Guyana Contingent at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru chalked up yet another loss on the international stage, this time in the table tennis arena.

Guyana’s lone table tennis representative at these Games was Chelsea Edghill, who secured her qualification for the 2019 Games in Guatemala earlier this year. However, once Edghill got to the Pan-Am Games in Peru, she was pitted against Paola Medina of Colombia for the women’s singles’ competition.
Medina has a wealth of experience in the sport, the 30-year-old having played at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and is currently a professional player in Spain. Coming up against such an experienced campaigner, Edghill had needed to produce a miraculous performance to advance to the next round of play. Once they had paddles in hand, Edghill went down to Medina 4-0.
The Guyanese put up a strong fight in two of the games, pushing the scores to 13, but still being unable to get past Medina’s experience. Thus she lost 11-3, 13-11, 11-9 and 13-11.
“Tough loss today, not the result I was hoping for, but the experience was great and the support of the Guyanese people was amazing,” Edghill stated in a Social Media post following her defeat.
Guyana will now be looking to their track-and-field athletes for impressive performances, if the contingent is to return home with a Pan-Am medal from this 2019 outing.