Kirani James, Anderson Peters named to Grenada's six-member Olympic team
Written by Leighton Levy. Posted in Olympics. | 01 July 2021 | 9698 Views
Tags: Athletics, Anderson Peters, Grenada, Kirani James, Linden Victor, Swimming
Kirani James heads a six-member Grenada team to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
James, the 2012 Olympic champion, and Grenada’s first Olympic gold medalist is one of four track and field athletes named including 2019 World Champion Anderson Peters, Meleni Rodney, the 2014 Youth Olympics bronze medalist and veteran decathlete Linden Victor.
Two swimmers – Kimberly Ince (100m backstroke) and Delron Felix (100m freestyle) – have also been named to the team. The IOC awarded Grenada two wild card places for swimming.
The accompanying coaching staff will include, James’ coach Harvey Glance as well as throws coach Paul Phillip, decathlon coach Joshua Priester and pole vault coach Thomas Fitzsimon. Valencia Nathaly Sihera is the swimming coach.
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