{"id":25790,"date":"2025-01-23T16:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25790"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:57:21","slug":"aleka-persaud-breaks-national-record-at-world-aquatics-swimming-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/aleka-persaud-breaks-national-record-at-world-aquatics-swimming-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleka Persaud Breaks National Record at World Aquatics Swimming Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>December 14, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two-time Olympic swimmer Aleka Persaud delivered a commendable performance at the World Aquatics Swimming Championship, which concludes on Sunday in Budapest, Hungary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 18-year-old standout broke her own national 50-meter butterfly record earlier in the competition and wrapped up her final event on Saturday in the women&#8217;s 50-meter freestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persaud, who holds the national 50-meter freestyle record of 26.42 seconds set in 2022 in Australia, clocked 27.15 seconds in her favored event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a strong start and being on pace to challenge her record at the 25-meter mark, she struggled during the turn, ultimately finishing sixth in heat four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heat was won by Armenia&#8217;s Varsenik Manucharyan in 26.26 seconds, followed by Antigua\u2019s Aunjelique Liddie in 26.47 seconds and Papua New Guinea\u2019s Jhnayali Tokome-Garap in third. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top qualifier from the heats was the USA\u2019s Gretchen Walsh, with a time of 23.02 seconds. Only the top 16 advanced to the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Persaud did not advance, she remains Guyana\u2019s sole representative at the meet and has shown signs of resurgence following a series of average performances over the past year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the competition, she set a new national record of 28.34 seconds in the 50-meter butterfly and finished third in her heat, placing 43rd overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The national record holder in the 100-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, and 200-meter individual medley, Persaud continues to train under Linden-based coach Christol Thom as she represents Guyana on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest performance adds to her growing legacy as one of Guyana\u2019s premier swimmers, showcasing her determination and potential for future success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4o<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 14, 2024 Two-time Olympic swimmer Aleka Persaud delivered a commendable performance at the World Aquatics Swimming Championship, which concludes on Sunday in Budapest, Hungary. The 18-year-old standout broke her&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25791,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25790\/revisions\/25791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}