Team Guyana were smartly decked out in Paris, France on Friday afternoon as they participated in the Parade of Nations, which preceded the official opening of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
For the first time in the Games’ history, the Parade of Nations was hosted outside of a stadium, as the athletes sailed down the Seine River in Paris. For the event, Chelsea Edghill and Emanuel Archibald were Guyana’s flag-bearers.
Winding their way from east to west in the boat parade, the 10,500 athletes competing at the Games crossed through the centre of Paris, the overall playing field for the Games in which these competitors will display their sporting prowess over the next 16 days. The parade came to the end of its six-kilometre route in front of the Trocadéro, where the remaining elements of Olympic protocol and show took place.
Prior to Friday’s opening ceremony, athletes Aleka Persaud, Edghill, and Archibald, along with their coaches Idi Lewis, Sean Baksh and Mark Scott, participated in the Mulhouse high-performance training camp. The camp was arranged by Pan Am Sports and geared to aid the athletes in getting acclimatised to the French conditions. The Mulhouse training camp was held from July 14-21, 2024 for table tennis and swimming and July 22-29, 2024 for athletics.
The other two athletes, Raekwon Noel and Aliyah Abrams chose to undergo their final preparations with their coaches, Peter Holcroft and Alleyne Francique at their respective training venues in the USA.
With all members of the Guyanese delegation arriving in Paris, the athletes have commenced training with their respective coaches at the various competition venues.
