Brown first South African to make FINA finals MyZA

Miles Brown. Photo: Gallo Images

Freestyle swimmer Miles Brown became the first South African on Sunday, July 28, to go through to the finals at the FINA swimming world championships.

Brown finished fourth in his 400m heat in a personal best time of three minutes 47.17 seconds for the fifth best time overall.

“I was pretty happy with my swim. A personal best in a morning swim is not bad,” he said.

“It is my first final in a major international meeting, so I will take that. I am not expecting too much from the final on Sunday evening as I am up against some very good swimmers.

“But if I manage to swim PBs (personal bests), I will be happy and hopefully I can do that for the rest of my swims also,” he said. – Sapa