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Trinidad and Tobago swimmer Nikoli Blackman continued his quest for an individual medal at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay on August 12 when he sped his way to the men's 100-metre freestyle A final at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.

Swimming in lane four in heat four, the University of Tennessee student showed his class as he pulled away from the field to win in a time of 49.94 seconds. Honduras' Gabriel Martinez placed second in heat four in 50.14, with Argentina's Matias Santiso third in 50.27. On August 11, Blackman was just edged by Santiso as the latter copped the bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle final as the TT swimmer finished an agonising fourth.

From 4.09 pm on August 12, Blackman will face the starters in the final and will again have a fight on his hands for a medal as he enters the event with the joint-third fastest time.