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Plans to enhance swimming numbers - Barbados Today

Plans to enhance swimming numbers Article by By Jonteau Coppin President of the Barbados Amateur Swimming Association (BASA) Cheryl Lady Forde says that population size is the reason for the island’s low swimming representation in recent Olympic squads. In the last three Olympic teams Barbados have had a total of seven swimmers competing, one of whom was triathlon athlete Jason Wilson in 2016. Speaking with Barbados TODAY in a phone interview, she stated that the pool of available swimmers played a big part with respect to representation. “Obviously, you have to look at the general population of Barbados in comparison to several of the competitors. Then you must look at the number of swimmers actively swimming in a training programme. Right now, our membership is three hundred swimmers using the swimming pool. Now you are not going to have three hundred swimmers at the elite level. We have two dozen swimmers you would consider senior and then of course the more

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