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Team Bahamas was back in action yesterday as swimming and tennis wrapped up for the country at the 19th Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
The Bahamas was featured in four events in swimming at the Centro Acuático in Santiago yesterday. Diving in the pool first was Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson in heat three of the women’s 200 meters (m) individual medley (IM). In the end, Thompson powered her way to touch the wall in 2:30.53, placing sixth in that heat. Winning that heat was Canadian Mary-Sophie Harvey with a time of 2:16.94. Overall, Thompson finished 23rd out of 24 swimmers.https://a7d54a910b75aa9073de852d09600a0b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.ht
She swam seven races, which included three individual races and four relays. Her other individual races included the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke events.
Emmanuel Gadson was in action in his final individual race at the games – the men’s 200m IM. He swam in heat one with two other competitors. Gadson swam the four strokes race in a time of 2:15.56 to finish second in his heat. Grenada’s Gresham Zachary won that heat after stopping the clock at 2:12.50. Gadson had the 24th best time out of 25 swimmers.
Gadson swam the butterfly portion in 29.60 seconds and came back down with the backstroke in a time of 34.64 seconds. His breaststroke, his strongest stroke, was timed in 37.98 seconds and he ended with the freestyle in a time of 33.34 seconds.
Gadson also swam in the 100m fly and 200m breast events and four relay races.
Thompson was back in the pool along with teammates Victoria Russell, Katelyn Cabral and Ariel Weech in the women’s 4x100m medley relay. They finished the first heat in sixth place in a time of 4:34.03. Canada won that heat in a time of 4:05.19. The Bahamas finished 13th out of 13 teams.
Thompson kicked off the relays for The Bahamas with a split of 1:09.78 on the backstroke leg. Russell swam the breaststroke leg in a time of 1:17.91. Cabral swam a split of 1:05.44 on the fly leg before veteran Weech brought the team home on the free leg in 1:09.90.https://a7d54a910b75aa9073de852d09600a0b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html
Multi-national record holder Lamar Taylor teamed up with Mark-Anthony Thompson, Emmanuel Gadson and Luke-Kennedy Thompson, swimming in the men’s 4x100m medley relay. They swam in heat two and finished sixth in 3:53.92. The United States of America won that heat in 3:37.19. The Bahamas finished 10th out of 11 teams.
Taylor swam the first leg, the backstroke, and had a split of 56.90 seconds. Mark-Anthony Thompson was in action on the breaststroke and swam that leg in 1:06.36. Gadson swam the fly leg and posted a split of 56.97 seconds. Luke-Kennedy Thompson’s split on the freestyle was 53.69 seconds.
Tennis players Sydney Clarke and Justin Roberts were on Court Two at Centro Deportivo de Tenis in the mixed doubles. They went up against Paraguayan duo Lelya Britez and Martin Vergara in the Round of 16. They lost in two straight sets, 6-4 and 6-2, in a match that lasted an hour and six minutes.
The Bahamas is currently in a four-way tie for 21st with Bermuda, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago in the medal standings with one bronze medal. The Bahamas’ only medal so far came from Taylor in the men’s 50m free.
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.