Times Of Swaziland: WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING CHAMPS: SIWAKHILE DLAMINI SETS NEW RECORD IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING CHAMPS: SIWAKHILE DLAMINI SETS NEW RECORD IN BUDAPEST,
HUNGARY
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Sanele Jele on 12/12/2024 14:17:00


MBABANE - Another new record has been established.
This is the remarkable achievement of Eswatini swimmer Siwakhile Dlamini, who
recorded a time of 01:04:39 minutes. This impressive feat in the 18-24 age group
for females surpasses the previous record held by Gilbertson since 1998, also at
01:04:39 minutes. This milestone occurred during the ongoing World Aquatics
Swimming Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Siwakhile finished fourth overall in the Women’s 100 metres (m) freestyle
heats. The event was won by Batsanal Moral, who clocked in at 1:00:08.Nozipho
Mahlalela, Secretary of the Eswatini Swimming Association (ESA), commended
Siwakhile’s performance, stating, “Swakhi performed exceptionally well.
Confident
“This achievement comes just three weeks after she commenced her year-long
training at Bond University in Australia. I am confident that we will witness
even more impressive results from this athlete in the years to come.” She
further expressed the association’s ambition, saying, “Our goal is to
cultivate Olympic qualifying athletes. Her performance, along with the recent
outstanding results of our athletes competing in Namibia, gives us renewed
hope.”