Times Of Swaziland: SWIMMER ROBYN YOUNG FOR  YOUTH OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS

SWIMMER ROBYN YOUNG FOR  YOUTH OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS
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BY NTOKOZO MAGONGO on 13/10/2017 00:25:00


MBABANE – Junior swimmer Robyn Young will have to sweat before she competes in
the 2018 Youth Olympics Games.
The Swim Lab athlete is currently training to qualify for the Summer Youth
Olympic Games, 2018 ANOCA Youth Games billed for Algeria and the Region V Games
to be held in Gaborone, Botswana. The Youth Olympics Games are billed for Buenos
Alres, Argentina.
Young will have a busy schedule next year, as she is also trying to qualify for
the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Her coach at Swim Lab Welcome Nhlabatsi said since they started the season,
every competition was used as a qualifier.
She is among the 14 candidates going for the sports star of the year after her
sterling performance in the past three years. She holds a national record and
personal best of 1:16:37s in 100m backstroke.
“We are working hard at training and we are aware that there are lots of
competitions that are coming next year where she is expected to compete
effectively. In December she will travel to Durban to try and qualify for
international competitions being the Youth Olympics Games and the Commonwealth
Games.
Despite being a junior, Young recently entered into the elite squad. She had
represented the country two times in the FINA World Championships with the
latest being last year in Budapest, Hungary.