The T&T Youth Olympic Games team returned home from the 13-day Nanjing Games on Sunday.
Chef de mission Kwanieze John led the ten-member team back to T&T after their best haul at the quadrennial games, winning one gold, one silver and one bronze.
Top T&T junior swimmer Dylan Carter gained silver and bronze in the men's 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle, respectively, while T&T shot-putter Chelsea James won gold in the inaugural 8x100m relay race, in which athletes were mixed by country and gender.
Carter, the flagbearer at the opening ceremony, left the team on August 23 to resume classes at the University of Southern California.
T&T's previous best haul was one gold by Christian Homer at the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
Also giving noteworthy performances were Akanni Hislop, the flagbearer at the closing ceremony, who placed fourth in the men's 200m, and Jeminise Parris, fifth in the women's 100m hurdles.
The T&T team, including officials like youth ambassador Jeannette Small, touched down at Piarco on a British Airways flight on Sunday at 3.50 pm.
The team
Athletes: Dylan Carter, David Mc Leod, Johnnya Ferdinand (swimming), Chelsea James, Akanni Hislop, Jeminise Parris, Anduwelle Wright, Kashief King (athletics), Chelsi Ward, Malika Davidson (beach volleyball), Abigail Affoo (sailing).
Officials: Nadine Hamid (head coach–athletics), Mark Pouchet (head coach–swimming), Sean Morrison (head coach–beach volleyball), Joseph Affoo (manager–sailing), Israel Dowlat ( team doctor) June Durham (massage therapist).