After the elimination Monday of Judoka Josué Deprez in the category of 74 kg and the Haitian weightlifting Joseph Edouard https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-18264-icihaiti-rio-2016-olympics-bad-start-for-the-haitians.html , then Wednesday of Haitian boxer Richardson Hitchins https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18290-haiti-rio-2016-the-haitian-boxer-richardson-hitchins-eliminated.html , it was the turn Thursday of Frantz Dorsainvil of being eliminated in the 50m freestyle man, at Olympic Aquatic Stadium.

Narrowly qualified with a time of 31.93 seconds, the 84th time on 85 athletes, our compatriot finished last in the series 1, with a time of 30.86 seconds, 9.37 seconds of first (all series). To qualify, Frantz Dorsainvil had to rank in the top 16 swimmers, which made a time between 21.49 and 22.10 seconds.

This Friday will take place the competition of 50 meter freestyle, women, with the participation for our bicolor of Naomy Grand Pierre, as an exception accepted by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17948-haiti-sports-10-haitian-athletes-confirmed-for-the-olympic-games.html with a time of 27.35 seconds, while it was necessary to make a time less than 26.17 seconds for Olympic qualification.

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-18264-icihaiti-rio-2016-olympics-bad-start-for-the-haitians.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18290-haiti-rio-2016-the-haitian-boxer-richardson-hitchins-eliminated.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17948-haiti-sports-10-haitian-athletes-confirmed-for-the-olympic-games.html

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