Antonio Bailey endured a baptism of fire on his Carifta Games debut at the National Sports Centre.The 14-year-old Mount Saint Agnes student required medical attention after pushing his body to the limit in the Under-17 Boys 400 metres semi-final.Bailey, who is also a promising sailor, suffered shin splints towards the end of his qualifying heat and was seen vomiting after crossing the line in fifth place in his heat to finish ninth overall.“My legs started pulling and I had shin splints around the last 100 metres of the race,” he said. “I was also feeling sick from probably pushing myself a lot.“I had some treatment for my head which was light headed and I’m all right now.”Assistant Bermuda coach Devon Bean said he was confident Bailey would make a full recovery before he competed in last night’s Under-17 Boys 4x100 metres relay.“Antonio will definitely bounce back; he just needs to get some food in him, get rehydrated and off his feet and he will bounce back,” the former Olympic sprinter said. “He’s home and has his family and friends here and I definitely know he wants to run the relay because it’s a possible medal for us.”Bean said it was not uncommon for athletes to experience what Bailey did on his Carifta Games debut.“Athletes go through it all the time; it’s just a matter of pushing your body to the limit which you ultimately want to do to be competitive,” said Bean, who represented Bermuda at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. “I have footage of professional athletes like Usain Bolt where at times in practice they have run themselves so hard they are uncomfortable and vomit at the end of the race.“This is nothing new and is something that happened to me last week at the gym as well.”