Guyana starts its campaign at the Tokyo Summer Olympics this weekend with action from boxer Keevan Allicock and women’s table tennis player Chelsea Edgehill.
On Saturday, July 24 at 6:06 a.m. (Guyana time), Allicock will go up against Alexy Miguel de la Cruz Baez of the Dominican Republic in the men’s featherweight, round of 32, boxing bout.
Allicok is reportedly the first boxer since John Douglas — who participated at the 1996 Atlanta Games — to qualify for the Olympics. Of note, boxer Michael Anthony was the first, and so far only, athlete from Guyana to win an Olympic medal. He claimed bronze in the bantamweight division at the 1980 Games in Moscow.
Edghill, meanwhile, will be in action when she takes on Fiji’s Sally Yee in a preliminary match on July 24 at 9 a.m.
A total of 16 persons — seven athletes, five coaches and four officials — forms Guyana’s delegation to the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8.
Guyana’s delegation: Garfield Wiltshire (chef-de-mission), Angelica Holder (COVID-19 liaison officer/physiotherapist), Deion Nurse (secretary-general), Aliann Pompey (athlete representative), Julian Edmonds (athletics manager/coach), Denzel Abrams (athletics coach), Idi Lewis (table tennis coach), Sebert Blake (boxing coach), Shyka Gonsalves (swimming coach), Aliyah Abrams (athlete) women’s 400m, Jasmine Abrams (athlete) women’s 100m, Emanuel Archibald (athlete) men’s 100m, Chelsea Edghill (athlete) women’s table tennis, Keevin Allicock (athlete) 52-57kg boxing, Aleka Persaud (athlete) 50m freestyle and Andrew Fowler (athlete) 100m freestyle.
