Olympics over for local swimming stars
(CNS): Cayman swimming hero Brett Fraser has made his last appearance in the pool at London 2012 after he failed to qualify for the men’s 50 metre freestyle semi-finals today. Fraser came in sixth in his heat with a time of 22.91 seconds, which was more than a second more than the fastest qualifying time of the day swam by George Bovell from Trinidad & Tobago at 21.77 seconds. Despite this disappointment, Brett swam a personal best and a Cayman record in the 200 metres last weekend and made it to two semi-finals, lining up with the best swimmers in the world. His brother Shaune, who was making his third Olympic appearance, also had an impressive games advancing for the first time to the semi-finals in the 100m freestyle. (Photo Ron Shillingford)
All eyes now move to the track, where Kemar Hyman kicks off Cayman’s participation with the men’s 100 metre heats on Saturday. Commonwealth Champion Cydonie Mothersill will run in the women’s 200 metre heats on Monday, while Ronald Forbes will be hurdling on Tuesday.
Category: Sports
Gosh can’t say enough how incredibly proud we are of you!
Congratulations! Good job!
An expat who loves Cayman islands and its people. We are all born the same…..then we separate..So sad.
Congratulations to you both – it was wonderful to see the Cayman flag displayed each and every time you competed. What an accomplishment – you may not have medaled but you are both olympians – how many people can say that. Wonderful wonderful wonderful.
Most definitely! We have not seen the last of them. Good job guys!
Congratulations to these two history-making Caymanian swimmers! True champions and all the praise that we can heap on them is not too much. Kudos to their parents also, who have done a great job at grooming them and steering their development. I think there will still be more from the Fraser brothers in the Olympics of 2016!