Corey Main and Adelaide Hart impress on day three of 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games
Corey Main of New Zealand and Adelaide Hart of Australia conquered the finals of Men’s 100m back-stroke and Women’s 50m back-stroke respectively, on the third day of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games on September 11, in Isle of Man.
Main impressed the aquatic arena with his scintillating effort of 53.53 seconds for gold medal of the back-stroke swim. The 16-year-old New Zealander remained 0.52 seconds faster than his following swimmer, Robert Gerlach of Australia, who occupied the podium
for silver medal of the event by submitting a time of 54.05 seconds. The silver medallist remained 0.50 seconds ahead of his following swimmer and closest competitor, Grant Halsall of Isle of Man, who ended his swim in a third finest time of 54.55 seconds
for bronze medal.
The fourth position of the event was secured by Dylan Carter of Trinidad andTobago, who was marginally away from the third best finisher and posted a time of 55.05 seconds for fourth spot. Carter was trailed by Christopher Van de Sande of South Africa, as
he was 1.33 seconds slower than him and touched the finishing wall in a time of 56.38 seconds for fifth position. Similarly, Joshua Booth of Scotland was only 0.20 seconds slower than his preceding swimmer and reported in a time of 56.58 seconds for sixth
position of the event.
In the Women’s 50m event, Hart transpired as the fastest swimmer of the meet and snared the gold medal with a timing of 27.67 seconds. The Australian champion was chased by Phoebe Lenderyou of England, who remained only 0.47 seconds behind her and claimed
the silver medal of the event by clocking a time of 28.14 seconds. Lenderyou edged out his closest swimmer, Charlotte McKenzie, with a difference of only 0.32 seconds, as McKenzie acquired the bronze medal of the discipline by producing a time of 28.43 seconds.
Meanwhile, Hart’s team-mate, Kotuku Ngawati, surfaced as the fourth finest swimmer of the event and touched the wall in 28.61 seconds. Ngawati was just 0.13 seconds ahead of her subsequent rival, Charlotte Bryan of Wales, who concluded her swim in a time
of 28.74 seconds for fifth position. Likewise, Bryan managed a lead of 0.16 seconds over her next competitor, Georgia-Mae Hohmann of England, who completed her single lap back-stroke swim, by submitting a time of 28.90 seconds for sixth position.
The arena enjoyed the wonderful efforts of all participants, as they put in their best effort and competed with each other in a ferocious manner. In addition, the winners were invited on the victory stand for their immaculate swims after the session’s completion.
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