Swimmers Christon Joseph and Saleste Gibson with coach Dellan Brown in Dakar, Senagal, at the start of the swimming competition.
DAKAR, Senegal — Swimmers Saleste Gibson and Christon Joseph competed in the 100m freestyle heats today at the Youth Olympic Games.
The pair put in strong performances at the Complexe Tour de L’Oeuf. Saleste Gibson completed her 100 metres in 1:00.73, which was the 26th-fastest time in a field of 64 swimmers. Meanwhile, Christon Joseph finished 15th out of 73 competitors in the men’s 100m freestyle. His time of 52.81 was 2.39 seconds behind the eventual gold medallist - Han Lee of Taiwan.
The swim team will have a break from competition on November 3.
But they return to the pool on November 4 in three events – the men’s 50m butterfly, men’s 50m freestyle and the women’s 50m butterfly.
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