By Admin. Updated 7:34 p.m., Friday, July 26, 2024, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).
The four-member team representing St. Vincent & the Grenadines at the 2024 Paris Olympics have arrived in Paris, France.
The SVG Olympic Committee (SVGOC) announced on July 15 that four athletes will represent this country in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics which runs from July Friday, July 26 to Sunday, August 11, 2024.
The athletes are Shafiqua Maloney and Handal Roban who will present the country in athletics and Alexander Joachim and Kennice Greene who will represent the country in swimming.
Here are the events, dates and times they will compete.
On Thursday, August 1, 2024, at 5:16 a.m., Atlantic Standard Time (SVG local time) at the Paris La Defense Arena, Alexander Joachim will compete in the Men’s 50-metre Freestyle Heats in swimming. He will swim in Heat 5, according to the schedule published on the official website of the Paris Olympics 2024.
On Saturday, August 3, 2024, at 5:00 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time (11:00 a.m. in Paris), at the Paris La Defense Arena, Kennice Greene will compete in the Women’s 50-Metre Freestyle Heats. She will swim in Heat 5, according to the schedule published on the official website.
No information is available yet on the Paris Olympics website about names of athletes, lanes and heats/rounds for the athletics 800-metre events.
One News SVG, however, received reliable information about the Women’s 800-Metre races.
Round 1 will be held on Friday August 2, 2024 7:45 p.m. Paris time or 1:45 p.m. SVG time.
The 800-Metre Semi Finals will take place on Sunday August 4, 2024, at 8:35 p.m Paris time or 2:35 p.m. SVG time.
The Women’s 800-Metre Finals will take place on Monday, August 5, 2024, at 9:45 p.m., Paris time – or 3:45 p.m., SVG time.
In a July 15 press release, the SVGOC said Shafiqua Maloney made the qualifying standard for both the 400m and 800m women. She has chosen to contest only the 800m while Handal Roban will contest the men’s 800m.
“In both cases, Team Athletics St Vincent and the Grenadines recommended the inclusion of the coach of each of the aforementioned athletes to accompany them at the Games. They have been working with them over the past several years and have been responsible for their preparation,” the SVGOC said.
For the professional swimmers, the SVGOC said Alexander Joachim will contest in the men’s 50m Freestyle while Kennice Greene will contest in the women’s 50m Freestyle.
Both athletes have been accompanied by their coaches who are responsible for their preparation, according to the SVGOC.
The SVGOC said it congratulates all four of our athletes and extends best wishes for their successful participation on the world’s biggest sport stage.
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