Ellen Gandy dominates 200m butterfly event at the 2011 British Gas Swimming Championships
Commonwealth Games butterfly silver medallist, Ellen Gandy, won the 200m butterfly heats at 2011 British Gas Swimming Championships, held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
The 19-year-old Gandy, who recently qualified as the fastest swimmer for the 100m butterfly finals and then won the race in the top early world rankings, is close to booking another participation at the 2011 Shanghai World Championships. She had already
been selected for Britain’s swimming team to compete at the Shanghai Championship, whereas, her expected victory in the 200m butterfly will allow her to represent Britain in another event.
Gandy, who is currently residing in Melbourne, has returned to Manchester with an extraordinary improvement. She already bombarded her expertise in the 200m butterfly at an event in Australia, but now with her enhanced performance, she lowered her own personal
best time for the event to 2:10.68 seconds, to qualify for the semi-finals.
She was followed by world championship silver medallist, Jemma Lowe and winner of the 200m Individual Medley in the championship, Hannah Miley, in the second and third places, respectively.
On the Men’s side, a fierce battle was sighted between European Championships bronze medallist, Joe Rubuck and Commonwealth Games champion, James Goddard, in the Men’s 200m Individual Medley. Rubuck successfully touched the wall in 2:03.52 minutes in advance
to his competitors Ieuan Lloyd and James Goddard.
Goddard felt disappointed with his performance in the preliminary rounds and said, "It felt a bit lumpy but it's all about getting through with the heats." He also expressed that he intends to put up a good show in the semi-finals and finals for his self-satisfaction.
Adam Brown succeeded in the Men’s 100m freestyle, as he touched the wall first in a time of 49.49 seconds ahead of back-stroke champion, Liam Tancock, who finished second in the race. They were followed by Commonwealth Games champion, Simon Burnett and 200m
freestyle winner of the championship, Ross Davenport.
In addition, Women’s 100m back-stroke champion, Gemma Spofforth, pulled out her decision of participating in the 50m back-stroke category today.
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