Odlum-Smith To Represent Saint Lucia At Paris 2024

by Terry Finisterre 22-year-old Jayhan Odlum-Smith is the latest member of Saint Lucia’s team for the Paris Olympics. Currently training in France on an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship, Odlum-Smith recently set new national records (pending ratification) for the 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle. It is in the latter event that the 2022 Caribbean Games 50m butterfly champion will compete in France. During the inaugural Caribbean Games in Guadeloupe, he also took bronze in the 100m freestyle. Odlum-Smith’s best time of 50.60 seconds in his event, a time he set just last month, is just over two seconds off the Olympic Qualification Time. It is the fastest a swimmer from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has ever produced.   To that end, and based on his standing in the World Aquatics Points Table (2024 edition) the Seajays athlete has been invited to accept a Universality Place.  From Saint Lucia he will join Julien Alfred and Michael Joseph from athletics, and returning Olympian Luc Chevrier in men’s sailing, for Paris 2024. Odlum-Smith competed in the men’s 50-metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. He has also competed for Saint Lucia at the World Aquatics Championships. The swimming competitions at the...