TT to compete at World Jump Rope

The TT travelling contingent will comprise 45 people including parents.

Over 1000 athletes from 36 countries will participate at the Championship. Some of the events TT will be competing in are single rope freestyle, single rope pairs, speed and double dutch.

Daniel Mercer and Jerrisha Duncan Regis, who will be representing this country, are both anticipating medals from the team.

Mercer, who is 11 years old, is very confident going into the Championship.

“I am hoping to win two gold medals,” Mercer said.

He said training has intensified recently as the competition gets closer.

“We train three days a week, but over the last two weeks we have been training everyday,” he explained. Mercer said some of the other countries that would be competing are China, USA, Jamaica and Canada. Jerrisha, who is 19 years old, spoke about TT ’s strong points.

“I believe that speed and freestyle are Trinidad and Tobago’s strong points, so I definitely see some medals there.

All the kids are looking forward to it.

For some of them it is the first time (competing), some have competed before, so they know what to expect, but everybody is excited.” Vice-president of the TT Jump Rope Federation, Mahalia Duncan Regis, is expecting the older athletes to lead from the front.

Mahalia said, “We have a senior team so we expect the senior team to do really well. We have a junior team that are the young developing athletes so we hoping for the best for the junior team also.” The TT team will be hoping that the venue brings them more success.

At the Pan American Jump Rope Championships last year at the University of Central Florida, TT won 49 medals and two trophies.