Daundre Barnaby: Canada athlete dies aged 24 in swimming accident

    

Daundre Barnaby, Canadian Olympic 400m runner  has died in a swimming accident, after drowning in a Sea.

A strong current swept his body out of the 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".

He died at the age of 24.
source-BBC sport