Inter Guiana-Games 2023: ATHLETICS BAGS 22 MORE MEDALS
– other disciplines yield mixed results
Aditi Joshi and Maliha Rajkumar are members of Guyana’s Girls Chess Team
Guyana’s Track and Field team have again put themselves at the forefront of proceedings on the second day of the Inter-Guiana Games being held in neighbouring Suriname.
Other sporting disciplines have seen mixed results. On Friday evening, both the Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball teams were prevailed against, and went down to their French Guiana counterparts. The Boys’ team lost 76-90, while the Girls team lost 23-64.
Snapshots from Guyana’s Basketball game against French Guiana on Friday night (Guyana Chronicle Photo)
However, Kellon Phillips’s 45-point performance was a highlight on the court at Ismay van Wilgen Sporthal.
In Chess, Aditi Joshi and Maliha Rajkumar picked up wins that effected a draw against Suriname’s Chess team. In that competition, Italy Ton-Chung had a hard-fought game against Suriname’s top female player, who eventually prevailed. Then Aniyah Couchman fought an epic match for the time break. She brought the game down to the very end, but lost a pawn and the game shortly after.
The Boys’ football team also found themselves in a draw on Saturday morning with their game against Suriname ending 1-1. Omar Sam was again the goal-scorer, striking in the 15th minute to finish the tournament as the highest goal-scorer with 3 strikes. The girls’ team were not as fortunate, going down to Suriname 8-0.
However, the Athletics team brightened Saturday’s proceedings by picking up a further 22 medals. Saturday’s medal haul in Track and Field included 13 Gold, 7 Silver and 2 bronze; adding to the 21 medals they won on Day 1 (Friday).
The Inter-Guiana Games continues today with the Female Chess team and other disciplines springing into action.
