TRINIDAD and Tobago Olympic swimmer Cherelle Thompson hung up her goggles and swim cap on July 14, bringing an end to her decorated 28-year career.

Thompson, 32, swam her final race, an exhibition 50m freestyle, in front of a bumper crowd of family, friends and fellow swimmers at the National Age Group Short Course Championships at the Aquatic Centre in Balmain, Couva, on Sunday.

Despite unofficially closing off her career at last month’s Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation Championships in Mexico, where she was unsuccessful in her final...

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Author: JONATHAN RAMNANANSINGH