Guyana’s National master champion Walter Grant-Stuart has bowed out of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo after finishing 18th in the Men’s C4-5 Road Race.
Cyclist by choice and fireman by profession, Grant-Stuart is the only man to ever represent Guyana at these games.
Walter Grant-Stuart of Team Guyana competes during the Men’s C5 Time Trial on day 7 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Fuji International Speedway on August 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
France’s Kevin Le Cunff clocked two hours, 14 mins 49 seconds (2:14:49) to win the 92.4km race at the Fuji International Speedway.
The Time Trial’s silver medallist, Yehor Dementyev of Ukraine, clocked 2:15:11, while Daniel Abraham-Gebru, who won gold in the Time Trial, copped bronze with a time of 2:15:20.
In the Men’s C-5 Time Trial, Grant-Stuart clocked one hour, four minutes, and 17.69 seconds (1:04:17.69) in the 32km race, wherein he finished 13th.
In 2013, Grant-Stuart won gold in Canada. In the qualification process for the Paralympics, the hard-working cyclist clinched victory in Canada, rode sixth in Italy, ninth in Belgium, and fifth in the Netherlands. In the Pan-American Championships in Peru, Grant-Stuart finished in sixth position.
