Swimming team departs for African Junior Champs

Swimming Pic Kabo Mpaetona
Swimming Pic Kabo Mpaetona

A six-member team yesterday left for the African Junior Championship (AJC) that starts this Saturday in Cairo, Egypt. The competition ends on Tuesday. The championship is held every two years and the last edition was in Lusaka, Zambia in 2013.

The team manager, Farida Pearmain told Mmegi Sport before the departure that the competition was used as a qualifier for the African Swimming Confederation Championship (CANA) to be held in Mauritius next year. She said the swimmers were selected based on the times that they have clocked this year and the top six were picked to represent Botswana at the continental stage.

She said she expected the swimmers to do their best because they have been preparing for the competition.

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