ago.14.2008

Thursday night at the National Aquatic Center George Bovell 111 broke the Olympic record for the men's 50 m freestyle clocking an impressive 21.77 and setting in the process a new national record.

The Water Cube as it is called was the stage for the courageous 25 year old Trinidadian who finished second to Brazilian Cesar Filhio Cielo ( 21.47) in heat 11 .

However with five other swimmers lowering the previous record Bovell qualified for Friday's semi finals as the 6th ranked swimmer.

On Friday at 10.03 am(10-03 pm TT time) Bovell will seek to qualify for the final .In his semi final heat will be Cielo and Australian world record holder for the event Eamon Sullivan.