Just minutes before Letitia Sim’s debut at the Paris Olympics on July 28, nerves began to creep in. French swim star Leon Marchand had entered the Paris La Defense Arena for the men’s 400m individual medley heats, sending the partisan crowd into a...
National swimmer Letitia Sim clocks 1min 07.75sec in the women's 100m breaststroke heats to place 25th out of 37 swimmers.French swim star Leon Marchand had entered the Paris La Defense Arena for the men’s 400m individual medley heats, sending the partisan crowd into a frenzy.
She eventually clocked 1min 07.75sec to finish last in Heat 3 and place 25th out of 37 swimmers – missing out on one of the 16 semi-final spots.Sim said: “Coming into this meet, I thought it was just going to be like another world championships event, which I’ve been to many times.“The crowd in the call room kind of changed that when I was back there, just hearing how loud they are and then walking out, that was when the nerves really hit me. I’m kind of glad to just get it out of the way.
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