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T&T wins silver in men’s 50m freestyle at Youth Olympics

04 November 2026
This content originally appeared on Trinidad Guardian.
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Swim­mer Jaden Mills cap­tured Trinidad and To­ba­go's first medal at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Sene­gal, win­ning sil­ver in the men's 50-me­tre freestyle fi­nal.

Mills clocked 22.99 sec­onds in the fi­nal, be­hind Czechia's Zdenek Proc­haz­ka, who won in 22.54 sec­onds.

An­drew Lagh­outis from Cyprus placed third in 23.04 sec­onds.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Jaden Mills (left), with  Czechia's Zdenek Prochazka (centre) who won gold, and Andrew Laghoutis from Cyprus who won bronze, in the men’s 50-metre freestyle final in the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, on November 4, 2026.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Jaden Mills (left), with Czechia's Zdenek Prochazka (centre) who won gold, and Andrew Laghoutis from Cyprus who won bronze, in the men’s 50-metre freestyle final in the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, on November 4, 2026.

Ear­li­er, Mills placed third in Heat 7 of the pre­lim­i­nary round in 23.46 sec­onds to earn an au­to­mat­ic spot in the fi­nals.

That heat was al­so won by Proc­haz­ka in 22.65 sec­onds, ahead of Malaysia's Cheng Feng Loo, who fin­ished in 23.40 sec­onds.​​​​​​​