[UPDATED] Dylan Carter, Nigel Paul cop gold, bronze at CAC Games

SWIMMER Dylan Carter and boxer Nigel Paul added to TT’s medal tally at the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) in San Salvador, El Salvador.

On Tuesday, Carter won his second gold medal at the games when he won the men’s 50-metre butterfly A final in 23.32 seconds. Mikel Schreuders of Aruba claimed silver in 23.90 and Mexican Andres Dupont copped bronze in 24.19.

TT now have four medals after Carter won gold in the men’s 100m freestyle on Saturday. A day later, the swim quartet of Carter, Wilson, Nikoli Blackman and Graham Chatoor took bronze in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay.

Carter has been in scintillating form in the past year winning multiple medals at international events including at the 2022 FINA World Cup.

On Monday night, Paul got a bronze medal after losing in the semi-finals of the men’s +92kg category. Paul was hoping to advance to the gold medal bout, but lost to Fernando Arzola in the semi-finals 5-0 on points as all judges ruled in the Cuban’s favour.

In the B final, TT’s Zarek Wilson was third in 25.21.

Chatoor and Blackman qualified for the men's 400m freestyle final which has held after press time on Tuesday. The TT swimmers both competed in heat three with Chatoor finishing first in 4:05.82 four minutes, 05.82 seconds (4:05.82) and Blackman fourth in 4:06.37.

On Tuesday, the TT women's hockey team made a winning start in Group A of the preliminary phase with a resounding 4-0 win over Jamaica.

On Wednesday, the TT men's hockey team will open their campaign against Guyana in Group B.

In rugby, the TT women's team finished sixth after losing the fifth/sixth place playoff to Costa Rica 12-10. Costa Rica got off to a quick start opening up a 12-0 lead at half-time. TT fought back in the second half, but Costa Rica held on for the win.

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Swimmer Dylan Carter and boxer Nigel Paul added to Trinidad and Tobago’s medal tally at the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) in San Salvador, El Salvador.

On Tuesday, Carter claimed his second gold medal at the games, winning the men’s 50-metre butterfly A final in 23.32 seconds. Mikel Schreuders of Aruba claimed silver in 23.90 and Mexican Andres Dupont copped bronze in 24.19.

In the B final, TT’s Zarek Wilson was third in 25.21.

On Monday night, Paul got a bronze medal after losing in the semi-finals of the men’s +92kg category. Paul was hoping to advance to the gold medal bout, but lost to Fernando Arzola in the semi-finals 5-0 as all judges ruled in the Cuban’s favour.

TT have four medals at the games, including Carter's gold in the men’s 100m freestyle on Saturday and the swim quartet of Carter, Wilson, Nikoli Blackman and Graham Chatoor's bronze in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay a day later.