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He lowered his own national record by more than a tenth of a second at Pan Am Games
- Simba French
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Bahamian swimmer Lamar Taylor lowered his own national record in the men’s 50 meters (m) freestyle on Tuesday, and powered his way to win a bronze at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, in the process.
Taylor touched the wall in the pool at the Centro Acuático in Santiago, in 22.13 seconds, swimming out of lane one. That time crushed his previous personal best time of 22.26 seconds that was set back in July of this year at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Taylor, who is looking to swim at the 2024 Paris Olympics Games, missed out on attaining the Olympic Consideration Time of 22.07 seconds.https://9be9ee3263a4a627d55286cf5000082b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html
Taylor, 20, secured The Bahamas’ first medal at the games, wrapping up his competition. In the morning session, he swam a time of 22.48 seconds, finishing with the seventh fastest time out of the preliminaries. He is known to keep a little in the tank for the final, and true to form, he did just that.
Victoria Russell was also in the pool on Tuesday, competing in the women’s 50m freestyle. She swam out of lane three in the second heat and was able to touch the wall in 27.54 seconds. Russell placed sixth in that heat. Winning that heat was Chile’s Ines Marin who touched the wall in 26.57 seconds.
The women’s 50m free gold medal was secured by Canada’s Maggie MacNeil with a time of 24.84 seconds.
The two swimmers were the only Bahamian athletes to compete yesterday.
Starting the Bahamian contingent in competition today will be Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson in the women’s 200m individual medley (IM). Also competing in the pool in the 200m IM today will be Emmanuel Gadson on the men’s side. The women’s 4x100m medley relay team of Thompson, Russell, Katelyn Cabral and Ariel Weech will compete in that event, swimming out of heat one.
Bahamian tennis players Sydney Clarke and Justin Roberts return to action on the court today after an off day yesterday. The duo will play in mixed doubles against Paraguay’s Leyla Britez and Martin Vergara on Court Two at Centro Deportivo de Tenis in Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.https://9be9ee3263a4a627d55286cf5000082b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html
The Bahamas has 20 athletes who are competing at the games. The country will be represented in six disciplines – tennis, sailing, swimming, athletics, golf and wrestling. There are nine swimmers, five athletes in athletics, three tennis players, one sailor, one golfer and one wrestler.