summer olympics sent delegation compete summer olympics beijing china saint team included athletes competed sports swimming athletics athletes age youngest competitors age oldest man sent delegation additionally johnson athlete delegation previously participated olympics athletes advanced past qualifying stages win medals evans ranked overall qualifying round johnson ranked overall pole vault qualifying round ranked seventh qualifying round high jump additionally ranked second swimming qualifying stages background saint olympic committee sent president minister youth sports chief mission alfred coach coach beijing alongside person athletic delegation nation line summer olympics opening ceremony high unable view opening ceremony issues local cable provider athletics athletes competed athletics johnson age oldest athletes participate summer olympics participated athletics summer olympics olympic debut evans moved forward rounds qualifying standard event august rank qualifying round best mark distance evans ranked overall advance participated athletics pole returning olympics time johnson previously participated pole time relay runner behalf summer olympics summer olympics johnson flew san_diego days competition qualifying preliminary height olympics shortly winning silver medal caribbean championships columbia johnson event took place august height metres johnson qualify tied seventeenth place qualifying group advance johnson tied czech pole place overall participated athletics high making appearance olympics trained coach skills time preceding performance olympics personal best time compared medal winners event summer olympics best height cleared placing fourteenth event august placed seventh overall advance ranks given track events athlete heat qualified round qualified round fastest loser field events position achieving qualifying target national record round applicable event bye athlete required compete round swimming swimmer participate beijing olympics youngest member delegation age summer olympics served olympic debut initially qualify olympic standards naturally qualifying swimmers country invited send swimmers olympics granted swimmer participated world championships met criterion selected reason time enrolled jacksonville florida trained coach event participated meter event took place august second heat qualifying round scored time overall ranked second result advance women
Saint Lucia at the 2008 Summer Olympics