{"id":60170,"date":"2024-12-05T18:43:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships"},"modified":"2024-12-05T19:31:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:31:24","slug":"trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships","title":{"rendered":"Trio to Compete at World Aquatics Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Three swimmers will represent Botswana at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships 2024, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from December 10-16.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The tried and tested swimmers are Andile Bekker, Yun-Suh Chang and Andrian Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>The Botswana Swimming Sports Association (BSSA) spokesperson, Gwendolyn Harry said in an interview that they have not set any targets.<\/p>\n<p>She added that competitive swimmers are passionate and have their own ambitious goals, which usually always include making a personal best time and ultimately making finals.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson further said the most important thing is that Botswana would be represented at the international swimming stage.<\/p>\n<p>Harry said the swimmers have trained hard and expectations are that they would do their best at the championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you are aware, Adrian has already competed on the Olympic stage; Andile has previously competed at the intercontinental level so these two young competent athletes are aware of what to expect. This will be Yun-Suh\u2019s first intercontinental gala at this level. She has earned the opportunity through hard work and dedication and she is ready to engage,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Harry said it was important for the athletes to have exposure at this level, and if they were to go further, a lot of knowledge and experience would be gained from such a competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also important for all of Botswana\u2019s younger athletes to see the top athletes representing at this level, and recognise the opportunities, so that they can have the faith that they can turn their own goals and dreams into a reality,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of long-term success prospects with the team, she said the vision of BSSA is the athlete\u2019s possible success.<\/p>\n<p>Harry said the team is young and BSSA is focusing on long-term development, adding that as an association, they are happy that they have good sponsors to back the athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are assisting to equip the athletes with more opportunities, to develop physical and mental form and guidance in nutrition, goal making and resilience,&#8221; she noted.<\/p>\n<p>Harry said with the guidance, exposure and opportunity, their young swimmers are set to strive for much higher goals in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Botswana<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Three swimmers will represent Botswana at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships 2024, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from December 10-16. The tried and tested swimmers are Andile Bekker, Yun-Suh Chang and Andrian Robinson. The Botswana Swimming Sports Association (BSSA) spokesperson, Gwendolyn Harry said in an interview that they have not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":60169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-60170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trio to Compete at World Aquatics Championships - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three swimmers will represent Botswana at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships 2024, which will be held in Budap ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trio to Compete at World Aquatics Championships\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three swimmers will represent Botswana at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships 2024, which will be held in Budap ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-05T18:43:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-05T19:31:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/12\/sm_1733413975.878966.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Trio to Compete at World Aquatics Championships\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-05T18:43:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-05T19:31:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships\"},\"wordCount\":376,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/12\/sm_1733413975.878966.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/trio-to-compete-at-world-aquatics-championships\",\"name\":\"Trio to Compete at World Aquatics Championships - 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