Canadian Olympic sprinter Barnaby drowns
Canadian Olympic athlete Daundre Barnaby drowned while swimming in the ocean on Friday during a training camp at the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, Athletics Canada said in a statement.
The 24-year-old Jamaican-born 400 metres runner represented Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games.
“This is such a sad and profound loss, Daundre was an outstanding athlete and an even better young man,” said Rob Guy, chief executive officer of Athletics Canada.
“On behalf of Athletics Canada I offer my sincere sympathies and condolences to Daundre’s family and team-mates. Athletics Canada will do whatever is necessary to support the athletics family through this tragedy.”
The organisation said Barnaby disappeared when was swimming in the ocean with team-mates.
"A strong back current took him out, his team-mates tried to save him. His body was found around 3:30 pm by local search and rescue (team)," said the statement.
Barnaby became a Canadian citizen in 2012 and his most recent international competition was at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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