Baird now focused on World Championships in Moscow

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By Treiston Joseph –

To determine the brightness of a star astronomers have to use different variables and like a star USA-based Guyanese athlete Kadecia Baird’s light is getting brighter with every 400m race she runs. Three weeks ago she won the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Championship gold medal.
The 18-year- old, who won the World Junior silver medal in the 400m last year with a time of 51.04s, recorded 51.32s to capture CAC gold medal which qualified her for the 2013 World Championships next month in Moscow, Russia.
Returning to her home in New York after the performance and gaining praise from top officials in Guyana and Nichola Martial, Baird said, “The race was good. I went in hungry for the victory but it hasn’t hit me really yet that I won so I don’t know to explain the feelings.

Kadecia Baird
Kadecia Baird

“I did aim for a different time range but unfortunately I didn’t get it. I’m still happy and thankful though,” Baird told Guyana Times International Sport.
However, the 400m specialist revealed her thought pattern before the race to this publication, indicating that her confidence was at a high especially due to the training she received in preparation for the prestigious event.
“The training was great; once I have my coach Shaun Dietz my training is always going to be great I just have to learn to believe in myself and have faith.
“Going into the race, I was really confident because of my training all I need to do was run my own race and not focus on anyone else. That’s exactly what I did and gained the victory,” Baird informed.
With the two world class medals along with the regional Carifta bronze earlier in 2013, Baird is being looked at as a future Olympian by president of the Guyana Olympic Association K Juman Yassin who said that the athlete will receive proceeds from the Olympic Solidarity Fund.
With the World Championships in less than a month, Baird revealed that she is looking forward to competing with the world’s best as she aspires to achieve great things.

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