PNG gaining good experience at World Swimming Champs

The PNG swim team is getting experience at the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia.

In the 100m butterfly heats, Tegan McCarthy finished fourth with a time of 1 minute 08.82 seconds; lowering the national record by two hundredths of a second.

 “I tried to get out there really fast and hold my stroke coming back. It was a long hard race, but it was good to get out there and try to get a personal best,” said McCarthy.

Next was Ryan Pini who swam the 50m butterfly finishing with a time of 24.18 seconds .This was 0.41 seconds outside the national record that he set earlier this year at the Australian Championships.

“It was a little off, but the last couple of months have been a little tough. The Pacific Games were really successful and that was only three weeks ago. I’ve only had a couple of weeks to try and back it up and recover, which I guess has been the hardest part. Nevertheless, all is well,” said Pini.

Author: 
Troy Taule