Seventeen-year-old Kimiko Raheem participated in her first ever Olympics event as she swam the second heat of the 100m backstroke event a short while ago at the Olympic Aquatic Stadium.
The Lankan swimmer finished with a timing of 1.04.21 and was placed fourth in her heat behind Yin Yan Claudia Lau of Hong Kong, Alicja Tchorz of Poland and Alexus Laird of Seychelles. Kimiko Raheem’s timing of 1.04.21 was not sufficient for her to get herself qualified to the semifinals of the event. This was not Kimiko’s personal best as the Lankan swimmer swam the 100m backstroke event with a timing of 1.03.78 at the recently concluded South Asian Games held in Guwahati earlier this year.
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Kimiko’s timing placed her 28th in the event rankings. USA’s Kathleen Baker takes the top spot in the rankings with a timing of 58.84 seconds followed by Emily Seebohm of Australia.
Sri Lanka’s other hope in the swimming arena, Matthew Abeysinghe is set to swim his 100m Freestyle heat on Tuesday 9th August at 9.32 p.m. (SL time).
