Sim, 21, clocked 2min 29.46sec to place 22nd out of 23 swimmers.
National swimmer Letitia Sim missed out on a spot in the women's 200m breaststroke semi-finals after placing 22nd in the heats.
She knew that she could go faster, but somehow things did not fall into place on July 31 as she finished 22nd in the 23-swimmer field, which was led by South Africa’s defending champion Tatjana Smith . “It’s just really hard because I know I’ve been faster at other big meets so just seeing that time makes me really disappointed.”
Sim said: “I know there are a lot of barriers that we have to push through and for me, the hardest pill to swallow, even after the 100m breast was being able to get over that event, get over the time, get over my placing.”
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