Inter-Guiana Games 2022: Team Guyana sweeps podium in cycling
The Guyanese boys have swept the top three spots of the 2022 Inter-Guiana Games cycle race on Saturday morning in West Demerara. Sherwin Sampson claimed the top spot in a time of one hour, 19 minutes and 11 seconds, and was followed by Alexander Leung and Aaron Newton in that order.
Sherwin Sampson posing with his parents after claiming the top spot in cycling
This race commenced at Schoonord, West Bank Demerara and headed towards Bushy Park in Parika, East Bank Essequibo, before returning to the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora, WCD for the grand finish.
On Friday, diminutive Surinamese Demetri Madamsir has clocked the best time in the trials held at the National Park in Georgetown. He was, however, unable to repeat his feat in this segment of the race.
In the time trials, Madamsir had clocked 4 minutes and 10 seconds for his two-lap ride around the inner circuit of the National Park, beating the Guyanese duo of Alex Leung and Aaron Newton were making their debut at the IGG. They had finished second and third respectively, Leung clocking 4:12:10s, and Newton 4:13:26s.
A total of 10 riders, five each from Suriname and Guyana, had participated in this cycling event. French Guiana did not participate in the event. Mario Washington, Adjani Cutting, Aaron Newton, Alexander Leung and Sherwin Sampson are the five Guyanese who had participated; while
Guyana’s top cycling trio of Sampson, Leung and Newton
Team Suriname had comprised Jair Norton, Isiah Pawirodinowo, Xavi Wadilie, Jeorcen Adelaar and Dimitri Madamsir.
More than 400 athletes from Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname are expected to battle for supremacy in the IGG championships. The Ministry of Sport in Guyana is aiming to develop this event and start expanding it to other countries involved in the IGG.
The IGG, which commenced on Friday, would see male and female athletes competing in track and field, badminton, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, swimming and basketball activities. Males have just competed in cycling, while females would be competing in football.
The IGG runs from Friday, November 25 to Sunday, November 27, and is being hosted at multiple locations in Regions Three and Four.
