Golden boy and Guyanese Olympian Raekwon Noel produced his best 200 meters butterfly swim on Monday in his event at the ongoing World Aquatics Championship in Singapore.

Noel going into the event with a personal best time and national record of 2 minutes 01.34 (Indy Summer Cup in the USA last month), broke the 2-minute barrier to outlast his rivals in the race.

He touched the wall in a blistering time of 1 minute 59.89 seconds which reset Guyana’s national record in the event.

Second place went to Xavier Ventura of El Salvador with a time of 2 minutes 02.86 seconds with Belhassen Ben Miled of Tunisia third in 2 minutes 03.17 seconds.

However, his finish was only good enough for 27th overall out of 37 swimmers in the Asian capital as he missed qualification for the semifinals round with the top 15 swimmers advancing.

The fastest qualifier was USA’s Luca Urlando with a time of 1 minute 52.71 seconds with the last qualifier being New Zealand’s Lewis Clareburt.

Noel is also set to compete in the Men’s 00 meters Butterfly on August 1st.

While his countrymate and fellow Olympian Aleka Persaud is set to compete in the women’s 100 meter freestyle tomorrow, an event for which she holds the national record.

The swimmers are accompanied by Coach Sean Baksh and Guyana Amateur Swimming Association president Yolema Phillips who is attending the World Aquatics Congress.