Source: The Guardian Trinidad
Anya Adams won T&T’s first medal on Monday at the Special Olympics World Summer Games being held in Athens, Greece. Anya bagged the bronze in the 50 metres breaststroke in a time of 57:86 seconds. The mood in the Special Olympics T&T (SOTT) camp was very upbeat as the other athletes move from the divisioning stages to competition in their various disciplines.
Nikolai Lalla was hoping to follow Adams in achieving his personal best when he was scheduled to compete in the 25m breaststroke later yesterday. Adams was also set to return to the pool for 50m freestyle while Curt Clarke was to line-up for the 25m backstroke. In other action, SOTT basketball team was bettered by Panama in its first match of the group stages of competition on Monday. The team was to play the host yesterday.