Gillian Rene Ryan grapples Women’s 400m freestyle gold: Day three – 2011 Pan American Games
Gillian Rene Ryan showed her talent to the arena by grappling the title of Women’s 400m freestyle on third day of the 2011 Pan American Games on Monday, October 17. The event is a Long Course competition and is organised at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.
Ryan of USA went home swelling with pride as she captured the title of 400m discipline in a scintillating fashion. Her noteworthy effort in the freestyle discipline enabled her to reach the top of podium for gold medal.
The American faced hard time from her competitor, Venezuela’s Andreina Pinto while trying to claim the title of the event, but with her smothering efforts, she was able to edge out her competitor on the finishing end.
Ryan remained 0.44 seconds slower than her rival in the first round, where she finished first 100 metres of the race in 1 minute and 01.99 seconds behind Pinto’s 1 minute and 01.55 seconds effort.
Pinto continued her dominance in the second and third round of the race as she covered the first 300 metres of the race in a time of 3 minutes and 09.80 seconds staying ahead of Ryan, who enveloped the same distance in 3 minutes and 10.45 seconds.
The battle continued in the second last lap of the event where Pinto kept serving notice of her talent. Nevertheless, the American showed her cards in the final lap, where she sprinted her way towards the concluding wall in a time of 30.07 seconds and posted
4 minutes and 11.58 seconds for gold medal.
Pinto’s comparatively slower effort in the final round earned her silver finish on the victory stand as she remained 0.23 seconds slower from Ryan, clocking a time of 4 minutes and 11.81 seconds. Chile’s Kristel Kobrich followed Pinto on the podium for third
position by producing a time of 4 minutes and 13.31 seconds.
The arena went wild after the furious efforts of all position holders in the first final of the evening, while the swimming championship will conclude on October 21 after the completion of all scheduled events.
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