SWIMMERS QUALIFY FOR THREE FINALS

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31134, 10 August 1966, Page 18

SWIMMERS QUALIFY FOR THREE FINALS

(Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A ■) KINGSTON. New Zealand will continue its quest for medals today (Tuesday, Jamaica). With no athletics events scheduled, the main interest will switch to the swimming, where there are three finals involving New Zealanders, and weight-lifting, in which the team captain, D. B. Oliver, will be contesting the heavy-weight division.

There are also New Zealanders competing in cycling, badminton, fencing and boxing. New Zealand swimmers, with a silver and bronze medal already stacked away, will be anxious to add to their laurels. In the 220 yards men’s backstroke, there are three New Zealanders in the final— H. G. Brown. P. O'Carroll, and A. Seagar They will have a tough job!

:to finish in front, however. They qualified with sixth seventh and eighth fastest times, respectively, and will [ be swimming against men such i as Reynolds, of Australia, who [set ttie present world record [ for the distance of 2min 13.5 sec at Dunedin last year. I In the 110 yards women’s backstroke final. Miss M. M Macrae will be swimming for New Zealand. She qualified with the eighth fastest time on Saturday. | The 220 yards women’s butI terfly final bag Miss H. Kerri

starting. She finished second in her heat on Monday and has the fourth fastest time among the final eight. She must be given a good chance of taking at least a bronze medal. In other swimming events, Misses Macrae and T. Shipston will swim in the 440 yards women’s medley heats, Miss V. I. Haddon will swim in the 110 yards women’s breaststroke heats, and H. A. Graham, a silver medal winner on Monday, and Seagar will be in the 110 yards men’s breaststroke. Certain Medal? Oliver, a silver medalist in the men's heavy-weight event at Perth, looks certain to take a medal again here in Kingston. The Australian, A. Shannos, who beat Oliver in Perth, is back again and these two should have another close contest. L. R. Mills, also entered for the heavy-weight weight-lift-ing, will probably withdraw after suffering a leg injury in the discus, so as not to jeopardise his chances in the shot. W. Kini, the veteran heavy-weight boxer, will have his first fight and he looks a medal prospect. There are only seven boxers in this [class. Only two New Zealand cyclists will be competing in the track cycling—D. Comparini and G. Wright—who are both in the 1000 metres time trial. At the fencing, R. Binning. K. Mann and R. Peterson will be in the men’s individual epee, while the women’s foil team will be in action. In the badminton. Misses A, Glenie and G. Simpson will play-off for the bronze medal in the women's doubles.