Federica Pellegrini seizes Women’s 200m freestyle gold: Day three - 2012 Sette Colli Meet, Italy
Federica Pellegrini of Italy seized gold medal of the Women’s 200m freestyle on final day of the 2012 Sette Colli Meet in Rome, Italy on Saturday, June 16.
The 23-year-old Pellegrini spoiled the party of her challengers in the 200m discipline as she grabbed gold medal of the discipline in a comfortable manner.
With her impeccable pace, she kept her competitors at a considerable bay and captured gold medal of the event with the timing of 1 minute and 56.32 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Femke Heemskerk of Netherlands, who stayed almost one body length away and tapped the finishing end with the timing of 1 minute and 57.15 seconds.
The second position holder was followed by Sarah Sjoestrom of Sweden, who remained 0.93 seconds apart and transpired on the finishing end with an effort of 1 minute and 58.08 seconds.
Subsequently, fourth position of the discipline was secured by Karin Prinsloo of South Africa, who stayed two strokes slower from securing third position of the discipline and clocked an effort of 1 minute and 58.53 seconds.
Prinsloo was trailed by Alice Mizzau of Italy, who finished fifth in the four-lap freestyle discipline and posted a time of 1 minute and 59.19 seconds for fifth spot.
Sixth position of the 200m discipline was secured by Veronika Popova of Russia, who was 0.31 seconds apart and ended her race with an effort of 1 minute and 59.50 seconds.
Similarly, Popova was chased by Haruka Ueda of Japan, who remained nearly two seconds apart and submitted a time of 2 minutes and 01.34 seconds for seventh position.
Meanwhile, Ueda faced tough battle from Silke Lippok, who tried hard to secure seventh position of the event but failed to match pace of her former finisher. Lippok finished her swim with an eighth fastest time of 2 minutes and 01.87 seconds.
Pellegrini was thrilled with her notable effort in the 200m discipline and arouse expectations of her supporters by saying that she will try to excel in the same event at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Furthermore, the session ended after the completion
of all listed events.
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