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Cayman Islands
Olympic Team, Beijing 2008
After years of hard work in training and competition,
four athletes from the Cayman Islands competed at the Beijing 2008
Olympic Games in Track & Field and Swimming.
Shaune Fraser, 20, swimmer
Shaune trains at University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville. He is a sophomore
majoring in Finance and Economics.
With multiple wins at national and regional collegiate competitions, Shaune was
considered a strong competitor in his events - the 100 and 200 meters freestyle
as well as the 100 meter butterfly.
This was Shaune’s second Olympic Games. In the last four years, he had
changed coaches and stepped up his performance with a more intense training programme
as well as prepared mentally for the rigours of competition. His hard work paid
off.
“I am definitely more prepared than the last Games,” said Shaune “Last
summer was really good for me. At the Pan Am Games I swam my best times and won
the silver medal in the 200 free. I have been training a lot harder this year
than last year. I just feel like it is my time and I will see where that takes
me.”
To get that last bit of competitive edge, a couple of weeks before the Beijing
Games, Shaune and his coaches attended a training camp in the Philippines to
acclimatise to the weather and time zone for China.
Shaune swam personal bests and set new national records in all his events at
the Beijing Games:
100m butterfly – 54.08 seconds,
100m freestyle – 49.56 seconds,
200m freestyle – 1:48.60 seconds.
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