Grenada: Sara Dowden from Grenada received the bronze medal within the Ladies 15-17 400m IM within the CARIFTA Aquatics Championships, a day after her father handed away on the Princess Margaret Hospital within the Bahamas. She completed the sport with a time of 5: 27: 08s, stood third on the podium, and secured victory through the hardest time of her life.
She performed the match on Sunday night and her father died on Sunday night time within the Bahamas. Proper after the victory, she gave an interview and mentioned that the medal was for her dad as she needed to turn into the champion for the sake of her father. Dowden mentioned,” I swam the race for my dad and received the match.”
She mentioned that she seems like she made her household and Grenada proud, which is a very powerful factor. Whereas expressing pleasure, Dowden added,” I really feel drained, and completed as I really feel like I make my household and nation proud.”
She additionally confirmed her love for the atmosphere within the Bahamas and mentioned that individuals right here within the nation are very supportive and she or he liked the aquatics championships.
Dowden additional added that the victory was the results of the onerous work and coaching put into executing and taking part in. She mentioned that this was a momentous second and a mirrored image of her onerous work.
On her father’s demise, an athlete mentioned, ”I signed the race for him, I did my finest. My father collapsed on the Swimming advanced yesterday later he died on the Princess Margaret Hospital. You need to proceed your self and you need to simply swim and don’t surrender even once you really feel drained, you need to proceed and end the race.”
Regardless of the tragedy, a 17-year-old athlete expressed pleasure with the time within the Bahamas and termed it “probably the greatest international locations”.
With the victory, Grenada managed to win the primary medal within the Aquatics championships, paving the trail in the direction of the rostrum.
Grenada despatched a 12-member contingent to take part within the CARIFTA Aquatics Championships which is going down on the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre in Nassau. The nation has been represented by eight feminine and 4 male athletes together with the administration crew of Coag Greson Escobar, Group Supervisor Neil Francis, and Chaperones Ruth Collymore and Nigel Gresham.
The feminine athletes included Anaika Otway, Gabrielle Hyson, Sara Dowden, Tilly Collymore, Zeia Ollivierre, Kristin Gresham, Eliza Rose Benjamin, and Nataly Escobar. The male athletes included Jenebi Benoit, Zackary Gresham, Jacob Collymore, and Jaaziel Francis.
The 2024 CARIFTA Aquatics Championships is underway within the Bahamas because it was began on March 28, 2024. After the 4 days of the event, Bahamas has been main the championships with 16 gold medals, 18 silver, and 11 bronze medals.
Final 12 months, the championship was received by the Bahamas and that was the fifth consecutive victory for the crew.
