Making waves in Beijing

Orinoco Faamausili-Banse-Prince perhaps it's not surprising he prefers to be called "Ori", is heading to Beijing after qualifying for the men's 4x100m swim relay. The Mt Eden club swimmer and Mt Albert Grammar student joins Cameron Gibson (North Shore), William Benson (North Shore) and Mark Herring (West Auckland Aquatics). The team was confirmed by the world swimming body to fill the last four places in the 16-strong field in Beijing. The 12 fastest nations from the world championships qualified automatically. Oriwas in the team that swam a New Zealand record of3m17.45s at the Olympic trials this month, to qualify 16th overall, nearly 1s faster than closest rivals Croatia. Ori broke his own national age-group record in the 100m freestyle, clocking 50.29s on the first day of the World Youth Championships in Mexico on July 8.