Nerves contributed to Rebecca Heyliger finishing sixth in Heat 6 of the Women’s 50m Freestyle at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Heyliger clocked a time of 26.54, which saw her finish 52nd overall, but she would not advance to the Semi-Finals.
Heyliger told www.islandstats.com, “Nerves paid a big part in by bad start as we took off my left arm slipped and that caused me to be off balance entering the water, thus I found myself chasing.”
I had a very good swim, however when you have an error at the start it makes it very difficult for the rest of the race,” concluded Heyliger.
