PARIS, France – Indiana State rising senior Chloe Farro competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics women's 50-meter freestyle swimming preliminary rounds on Saturday morning as the Savaneta, Aruba native finished 32nd overall in the 79-swimmer field.
 
Making her Olympic debut for her home country of Aruba, Farro competed in the seventh of the 10 heats that were held inside Paris La Defense Arena. Farro finished tied for seventh overall in her heat posting a time of 26.49 to finish 1.31 seconds behind heat winner Thailand's Jenjira Srisa-Ard. She finished tied for 32nd overall among the 79 swimmers that competed and did not advance to the afternoon's semifinal rounds.
 
It's been a whirlwind tour for the Sycamore after qualifying for the 50-meter event back in late June. One month later, Farro was announced as the female Flag Bearer for the Aruban delegation at the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony.
 
Farro received an Olympic scholarship from IOC vice-president Nicole Hoevertsz back in 2022 in a formal ceremony meant to offer financial support to an athlete to prepare themselves better, at the highest levels and help them achieve the qualifying times for their specific events. The scholarship was granted to athletes "with the technical level to be able to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games".
 
Farro has competed on the international level multiple times throughout her career at Indiana State including the recent 2023 Federation Internationale De Natation (FINA) World Championships back over July 19-30, 2023. She competed in both the 200-meter Freestyle and 50-meter Fly events over the event held in Fukuoka, Japan.
 
Other international competitions Farro has competed for Aruba during her time at Indiana State include the 2022 FINA Word Championships (Budapest, Hungary), the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and the 2021 Junior Pan American Games (Valle, Columbia).
 
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