Christian Homer captured the gold medal when he won the Youth Men's 50m backstroke final this morning (evening Singapore time).
Homer's achievement at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games was described by Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee(TTOC) president Michael Romany as "tremendous" .
"Congratulations Christian.. Not many would have predicted that T&T would win a gold medal as non of our swimmers qualified under the A standard criteria..It is important for our young swimmers that they compete among their peers at a world level. The gold medal should serve as motivation and inspiration not only for Homer but all our young sportsmen and women.We have only ever won one Olympic gold medal and that was Hasely Crawford.To win a gold medal in the first ever Youth Olympic Games is tremendous.." said Romany.