Kamyuku, Paxinos In Impressive Debut

BEIJING: John Kamyuku and Samantha Paxinos, Botswana's first ever swimming representatives at the Olympics made an impressive debut by recording their best times.

Kamyuku recorded 25:54, improving on his initial best of 26:40 in the men's 60m freestyle on Thursday while Paxinos broke her best time of 30:60 by clocking 29:91 in the women's 50m freestyle on Friday.

Both did not qualify for the next stage even though Paxinos finished second in her heat while Kamyuku was sixth.

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