Botswana Swimmer James Freeman Scooped A Bronze At The CommonWealth Games In Bahamas
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16 year old local swimmer James Freeman who is based in Pretoria has bagged a first bronze medal for Botswana at the on going Commonwealth games held at the Bahamas. He was competing in a 1500m freestyle swim.
Freeman has been representing the country well in most competitions, he has broken records before and we believe he shall bring home a gold.
In 2015, he won the South African national 3km open water championship in the 13-year-old age group and won many medals regionally. Freeman said one of the highlights of his career was winning a silver medal in the 100m freestyle at the African Junior Championships held in Egypt in 2015.
Bahamas Β hosting 71 countries at the sixth annual Commonwealth Youth Games from July 18 to 23, 2017.Β The Games are a unique and empowering opportunity to celebrate and engage young people on the playing field.
Botswana is being represented by 14 athletes across 4 sports codes aged between 15 and 18 years, being athletics, boxing, and swimming and for the first time in history a cycling team will be compete and Freeman is the first to get a medal.