Swimmer Niyomugabo exits London Games

Swimmer Jackson Niyomugabo became the latest Rwandan athlete to exit the London Games after failing to reach the semi finals of the 50-metres freestyle competition yesterday at London’s Aquactics centre.

Thursday, August 02, 2012

Swimmer Jackson Niyomugabo became the latest Rwandan athlete to exit the London Games after failing to reach the semi finals of the 50-metres freestyle competition yesterday at London’s Aquactics centre.The two-time Olympian set a personal best of 27:38 to finish fourth in the heat stage. He came behind Djibouti’s Osman Abdourahman, who clocked 27:25. Egypt’s Elkheder Mohammed finished second in a time of 27:26 and Wei Ching of American Samoe, who clocked 27:30.Niyomugabo improved his previous best by 36 seconds he clocked fours ago in Beijing. He finished ahead of Uganda’s Mugula Ganzi, who finished in fifth position with 27:58 and Cameroon’s Paul Ekane who came sixth in 27:87 and Ethiopia’s Teshale Girma who finished last in 28: 99 respectively.In the overall rankings, Niyomugabo finished 51 places behind Bovell George of Trinidad and Tobago who went through as the best qualifier for the semifinals after clocking 21:77 seconds.The top 16 swimmers from the heats progressed to the semi-finals were the top eight will advance to the final.