Aya Terakawa and Jennie Johansson secure gold medals in Women’s events - 2011 Canet En Roussillon
Aya Terakawa and Jennie Johansson dominated their way in the Women’s events to conquer gold medals at the third stop of 2011 Mare Nostrum Series in Canet en Roussillon.
The session concluded with the events of Women’s 50m back-stroke, 50m breast-stroke, 50m freestyle, 50m butterfly and the 200m Individual Medley (IM) final.
The session kicked-off with the 50m back-stroke category, where the arena’s favourite, Aya Terakawa of Japan, performed well to the satisfaction of her fans. She clinched the title of the 50m event in a wonderful time of 28.09 seconds. With her undisputed
effort, she remained 0.42 seconds ahead of her closest competitors, Grace Loh and Mercedes Peris Minguet, who touched the wall in a same time of 28.51 seconds for the silver medal. The fourth spot on the podium was secured by Sinead Russel, who followed her
on the finishing wall in a time of 28.81 seconds.
Next was the 50m breast-stroke, where Jennie Johansson demonstrated her noticeable efforts, claiming the crown of the event in a superb time of 30.95 seconds. Her irresistible efforts placed her 0.67 seconds ahead of her closest rival, Samantha Marshall
of Australia, who secured the silver medal by clocking a time of 31.62 seconds. Japan’s Satomi Suzuki remained only 0.17 seconds away from Marshall and touched the wall in 31.79 seconds to secure the bronze medal.
In the 50m freestyle final, Therese Alshammar emerged as the fastest swimmer to occupy the top of the podium, posting a noteworthy effort of 24.47 seconds. She was comfortably ahead of her following swimmer, Veronika Popova, who proved her eligibility for
the silver medal, by posting in 25.10 seconds. Australia’s Marieke Guehrer followed them on the podium, as she earned the bronze medal in an appreciable time of 25.32 seconds.
The fourth event of the session was the 50m butterfly, where Alshammar once again dominated proceedings by presenting an excellent swim of 25.69 seconds to lift the gold medal. She was 0.39 seconds away from Sarah Sjoestroem, who touched the wall for the
silver medal, producing a time of 26.08 seconds. Melanie Henique followed them on the podium, by securing the third fastest spot for the gold medal, submitting a time of 26.41 seconds.
The final event of the session was the 200m IM, where Lara Grangeon impressed the arena with her commendable effort of 2 minutes and 14.52 seconds for the gold medal. Ida Marko Varga and Kathryn Meaklim followed her on the finishing wall, with timings of
2:15.76 and 2:16.46 minutes, respectively.
The session concluded after the scheduled final events, while the swimmers received awards and accolades for their winning efforts.
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