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is this
the
year for
Dylan Carter is swimming Trinidad & Tobago has been graced with just over two consecutive
at the Olympics twenty decades of world-class swimming, thanks in the main to two athletes
in the pool: George Bovell III and Dylan Carter.
years after George Bovell
won this country’s first For the recorded history dating back to 2000 until the present time,
Bovell – who hung up his goggles and trunks after the 2016 Rio
ever Olympic swimming Olympics - and Carter - still an active swimmer - have combined to
medal in Athens, Greece. splash proudly for Team TTO on the world stage, earning several
Mark Pouchet looks international podium finishes that have marked that period.
forward to the Carter’s Dylan Carter made his Olympic debut at the Brazil Olympiad where
chances and pays tribute Bovell made his exit. The 2016 Games was almost a natural
progression for the then 20-year-old after a 2013 World Junior 50m
to the great Bovell. butterfly silver medal success and a silver and bronze at the World
Youth Olympics in Nanjing China in 2014, all achieved on the heels
of a successful age-group career.
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