Daundre Barnaby: Canada athlete dies aged 24 in swimming accident

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Daundre Barnaby at the London OlympicsImage source, Getty Images
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Barnaby (third from left) competed at the 2012 London Olympics

Canadian Olympic 400m runner Daundre Barnaby has died in a swimming accident, aged 24.

He drowned after a strong current swept him out to sea as he swam with team-mates during a training camp on the Caribbean island of St Kitts.

Barnaby was sixth in his heat at London 2012 and reached the semi-finals at last year's Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Athletics Canada chief executive Rob Guy called Barnaby "an outstanding athlete and an even better young man".

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