MARSHALL SHOWS SPEED TO TAKE GOLD IN SWEDEN
Britain's swimmers announced their arrival at the FINA World
Cup series when they won two gold, a silver and three bronze
medals on day one of the Stockholm leg.
Mel Marshall was just outside her own British Record when
she won gold in the Women's 200m Freestyle.
The Loughborough University swimmer touched first in 1:55.43
ahead of American Rachel Komisarz in 1:56.37 and Josefin Lillhage
of Sweden was third in 1:57.20.
"It's a long time since I've been that fast in a 25m
pool," said a delighted Marshall. "I've just come
off a training camp without resting as well so it's good to
be quick.
"I felt good tonight, I took the race to the others
and kept it on. My aim here was to see where I'm at in my
preparation for the Commonwealth Games and to just enjoy it.
"The time was a bit of a surprise to be honest, I didn't
think I'd go that quick but I have to remember that I'm still
some way off world record pace and that's ideally where I
need to be."
City of Edinburgh swimmer Kris Gilchrist took one of the
closest finals of the night when he snatched gold in the Men's
200m Breaststroke in a new personal best time.
Gilchrist finished in 2:08.74 just ahead of Russia's Grigory
Falko in 2:08.76 while Hugues Duboscq of France was third
in 2:09.91.
Kate Haywood (Loughborough University) set a new British
Record on her way to winning silver in the Women's 100m Breaststroke.
Haywood finished second in 1:06.69, bettering her previous
record of 1:06.99, behind Tara Kirk of the U.S. in 1:05.53
and ahead of team mate Kirsty Balfour (City of Edinburgh)
who won the bronze in a new Scottish Record of 1:07.19.
The Men's 50m Breaststroke final comprised a world class
field and it was the inform Oleg Lisogor of the Ukraine who
took gold in 26.84 ahead of Frenchman Hugues Duboscq in 27.44
and Britain's James Gibson (Loughborough University) was third
in 27.51. Chris Cooke (City of Newcastle) finished fourth
in 27.73.
Liam Tancock (Loughborough University) took the bronze medal
in the Men's 100m Individual Medley in a new best time of
54.76. He finished behind Ryk Neethling of South Africa in
53.35 and Peter Mankoc of Slovenia in 53.66.
The Stockholm leg of the FINA World Cup takes place on 17th
and 18th January. The Berlin leg takes place on 21st and 22nd
January.
The British squad comprises:
Kirsty Balfour (City of Edinburgh)
James Clarke (Millfield)
Matt Clay (University of Bath)
Chris Cook (City of Newcastle)
Jonathan Cook (Nova Centurion)
James Gibson (Loughborough University)
Kris Gilchrist (City of Edinburgh)
Kate Haywood (Loughborough University)
James Johnson (City of Newcastle)
Mel Marshall (Loughborough University)
Dean Milwain (City of Derby)
Max Partridge (City of Sheffield)
Jonathan Quinn (Hatfield)
Liam Tancock (Loughborough University)
Liam Turner (City of Cardiff)
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