She is currently based close to the starting point in a similar satellite village alongside her Spanish coach Alejandro Gonzalez Tablas.Īlso on Sunday, swimmer Dylan Carter is tentatively scheduled to hit the pool between 7.19 am and 7.31 am. Her historic journey begins at Musashinonomori Park and pedals en route to the Fuji International Speedway. Campbell is the first female cyclist from TT to secure Olympic qualification in this event. The 23-year old is the only cyclist from the Caribbean who will do battle against 66 of the globe’s top female road cyclists along a gruelling 137km course. One hour later, cyclist Teniel Campbell makes her Olympic debut in the women’s road race. They are based in a satellite village - a smaller version of the main Olympic Village set up at another location to host specific events there - in Kanagawa. They touched down on Thursday and headed to Enoshima Islands in Kanagawa. Lewis, his manager Kairon Serrette and physiotherapist Maytas Toth were the first of TT’s Olympic delegation to arrive in Tokyo. He competes in the Laser class – men’s one-person dinghy. TT Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis will not attend the ceremony owing to quarantine restrictions.Īdditionally, two-time Olympian Andrew Lewis begins his third stint at the Games from 11pm on Friday. TT is expected to have a smaller contingent at the Parade of Nations owing to covid19 restrictions from the International Olympic Committee, Japan government, Tokyo metropolitan government and the Tokyo organising committee.
On Friday, the opening ceremony gets underway from 7am. Only the top three advance to the next round and the remaining crews will have to contest a repechage heat (final shot at qualifying). This event rows off at the Sea Forest Waterway. She battles for a place in the quarter-final against Ugandan Kathleen Noble, Greek Annette Kyridou, Singaporean Joan Poh, Ireland’s Sanita Puspure and Mexican Kenia Lechuga. She begins the nation’s Olympic quest at 8:40pm on Thursday.Ĭhow, who made her Olympic debut for TT at the last Summer Games in Brazil, will compete in the women’s single sculls heat two. ROWER Aisha Chow will be TT’s first athlete to feature at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Thursday 22 July 2021 In this August 2016 file photo, team TTO's Alicia Chow (during the race) finished 5th in Heat 6 of the Women's Rowing- Single Sculls in a time of 8:31.83 minutes during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Lagoa Stadium, Rio de Janeiro. Sports Rower Aisha Chow gets Team TTO's Olympic campaign under way at Tokyo Games