BRITISH SWIMMERS CONTINUE TO SHINE IN ROME
Britain's top swimmers have continued to show their high
calibre with a string of medals in the Seven Hills Meet in
Rome this weekend.
In the 800m Freestyle, Nova Centurion's Rebecca Adlington
and Loughborough University's Caitlin McClatchey swam well
in a close race to reach the final.
The final saw Adlington claim Britain's first gold of the
competition in a time of 8:31.14, McClatchey took silver in
a time of 8:33.10; bronze went to Australian Kyliie Palmer
in 8:38.44.
The men's 200m Freestyle proved to be a closely fought battle
between David Carry (Aberdeen Dolphins) and Ross Davenport
(Loughborough University). Davenport proved faster in the
heats with a time of 1:50.31 and going into the final wanted
to keep his form.
However, Carry swam impressively to take silver in a time
just outside of his personal best of 1:48.85, closely followed
by Davenport in bronze medal position in a time of 1:48.99.
Elsewhere in the pool, Liam Tancock (Loughborough University)
continued to prove his ability with his second silver medal
in the competition.
Swimming in the men's 200m backstroke team-mates Tancock
and James Goddard (Loughborough University) went out strongly
and went into the final in 4th and 6th place respectively.
The final saw Tancock bring out an impressive performance
to claim his silver medal spot with a time of 55.40 seconds,
and Goddard finished in 7th place with a time of 57.27 seconds.
Loughborough University team-mates Euan Dale and Mel Marshall
both claimed their first medals of the competition with impressive
performances.
Dale looked promising in the morning heats of the 400m individual
medley and went into the final looking for a strong performance.
He claimed third place in the final in 4:20.02 seconds.
Marshall performed well in the heats of the 100m freestyle.
Going into the final with the second fastest time, she had
a strong race and finished in third place in 55.55 seconds.
The final medal of the day was won by Kate Haywood (Loughborough
University) claiming her second medal of the competition in
the 50m breaststroke finishing in a time of 31.56 seconds
to claim second place.
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