European and Commonwealth gold medallist Fran Halsall clinches 50m freestyle title in Barcelona
The European and Commonwealth gold medallist, Fran Halsall of Great Britain secured the Women’s 50m freestyle title after ousting her competitors at the 2011 Mare Nostrum in Barcelona, this week.
She hit the finishing wall in 25.01 seconds and ended her swim after touching the finishing blockade to clinch the gold medal in the 50m freestyle final. Due to her stunning performance, Halsall was pleased with herself. Halsall is a popular icon in Great
Britain as she has won many popular swimming events.
She won two gold titles in the Women’s 100m freestyle and 4x100m medley finals at the 2010 European Championships in Budapest. She claimed two gold medals in the Women’s 400x100m medley events at the 2006-2008 European Championships in Eindhoven and Budapest,
respectively.
Then she claimed one gold title along with three silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. At the 2008 world championships, Halsall snared three bronze titles in the Women’s 50m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley finals in Manchester.
The British swimmer is currently busy in her training sessions as she wants to train herself well and put up a good show in the swimming events at the Shanghai World Championships and 2012 London Olympics. She admitted that she does not have much time left.
Therefore, she will have to pull up her socks in order to put up a first-class show in China.
On the other hand, Rebecca Adlington is also determined to continue the succession of her victories at the 2011 FINA World Championships in China. Also, many other British swimmers including Davenport, Simmonds, Tancock, Gandy, Payne, Jamieson, Tadd and
Walker Hebborn are thrilled and motivated to give their best performances in competitive swimming events at the upcoming World Championships in Shanghai.
British Swimming has high expectations from their national swimmers to impress the arena in China and also grab substantial gold medals for their country. With the current form swimmers are in, performing well at the event in July will certainly be a challenge
for the British squad.
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