Trinidadian Swimmer Jaden Mills Wins Silver at 2026 Youth Olympics

Swimmer Jaden Mills captured Trinidad and Tobago’s first medal at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, winning silver in the men’s 50-metre freestyle final.

Mills clocked 22.99 seconds in the final, behind Czechia’s Zdenek Prochazka, who won in 22.54 seconds.

Andrew Laghoutis from Cyprus placed third in 23.04 seconds.

Earlier, Mills placed third in Heat 7 of the preliminary round in 23.46 seconds to earn an automatic spot in the finals.

That heat was also won by Prochazka in 22.65 seconds, ahead of Malaysia’s Cheng Feng Loo, who finished in 23.40 seconds.​​​​​​​