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challenge of Bovell endured the fast-closing
Hungarian Laslo Cseh to claim the this country’s
first – and to date, only - Olympic medal in
swimming. He was only bettered in the pool that
day by the legend Michael Phelps and another
USA phenom Ryan Lochte.

At the Olympic level, Bovell’s Athens 2004
bronze medal places him as the lone
figure in the TTO swimming pantheon.
The Athens excursion was supposed
to be another stepping block in Bovell’s
rise to world domination.

However, after struggling to make a podium
appearance from 2008 - he was seventh
in the event at the 2009 & 2011 World 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games – he failed to advance
Championships and the 2012 London from the first round - he called time on his career that had
Olympics - Bovell displayed even more spanned five consecutive appearances at the Olympic
determination to overcome a car accident Games.
early in the year to win bronze at the 2013
Barcelona World Championships in his Twenty years on from Bovell’s Olympic delight that - along
new specialty. with his engaging personality and willingness to open his
life up to local fans - made him the toast of the Trinbago
That was preceded by his one and only World public, Carter is yet to attain those heady heights. Maybe
Short Course - the equivalent of world indoors in the eco-friendly Centre Aquatique Olympique (Olympic
track - medal at the 2012 Istanbul World Aquatic Centre) in St Denis will be the venue where Dylan
Championships. Then after a disappointing Carter finally breaks through to the Olympic medal
rostrum.

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