Barbara Jardin occupies Women’s 200m freestyle gold: Day three - 2012 Canada Swimming Cup
Barbara Jardin of Ppo occupied gold medal of the Women’s 200m freestyle on day three of the 2012 Canada Swimming Cup in Montreal on Saturday, July 7.
The 20-year-old Jardin met expectations of her followers by proving her mettle for the gold spot of the event. She stayed significantly ahead of her fellow swimmers throughout the mediocre distance freestyle discipline and tapped the finishing end for gold
medal.
She enjoyed a lead of almost full body length over her strongest challenger and hit the finishing wall for the crown of the event with the timing of 1 minute and 58.48 seconds.
The gold medallist was chased by Samantha Cheverton of Pointe-Claire Swim Club, who stayed 0.84 seconds apart and emerged on the victory stand for silver medal by submitting a time of 1 minute and 59.32 seconds.
The second position holder was chased by Brittany Maclean of Etobicoke Swimming, who stayed nearly 1.70 seconds slower and made her way to the medal rostrum for bronze medal by reporting a time of 2 minutes and 01.04 seconds.
Fourth spot of the race was secured by Lindsay Delmar of University of Calgary Swim Club, who stayed 0.85 seconds away from her foregoing finisher and touched the finishing end with the timing of 2 minutes and 01.89 seconds.
Delmar was trailed by her team-member, Amanda Reason, who stayed 0.22 seconds apart and reported a time of 2 minutes and 02.11 seconds for fifth position.
Sixth finest spot of the event was secured by Heather Maclean of Pacific Dolphins Swim Club, who stayed 0.69 seconds apart and ended her swim in a time of 2 minutes and 02.80 seconds.
Subsequently, Maclean was trailed by Alexa Komarnycky of Team Canada, who claimed seventh position of the discipline by reporting a time of 2 minutes and 03.16 seconds.
Eighth position of the discipline was obtained by Paige Schultz of Toronto Swim Club, who stayed 1.13 seconds behind and clocked an effort of 2 minutes and 04.29 seconds.
Jardin was very happy with her gold finish in the 200m freestyle discipline and received her medal after the session.
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