Heather Frederiksen captures Women’s 100m backstroke gold – 2012 Paralympic Games
Heather Frederiksen of Great Britain captured gold medal of the Women’s 100m backstroke in S8 category on sixth day of the swimming events at the 2012 London Paralympic Games in Aquatics Centre on Tuesday, September 4.
Frederiksen demonstrated her astonishing efforts in the two-lap race and overpowered her opponents by securing gold medal. She faced no trouble from her competitors and made her way to the wall for the title of the event.
With her impeccable pace, Frederiksen enjoyed a lead of one and a half body length over her closest swimmer and clocked a time of 1 minute and 17.00 seconds.
The gold medallist was chased by Jessica Long of USA, who remained 1.67 seconds slower from her teammate and hit the wall with an effort of 1 minute and 18.67 seconds for silver medal.
Long was trailed by Olesya Vladykina of Russia, who stayed nearly two body lengths apart and emerged on the finishing wall as third best finisher by reporting a time of 1 minute and 20.20 seconds.
The third position holder was chased by Mariann Vestbostad Martinsen of Norway, who stayed 1.97 seconds slower from her former finisher and hit the wall with a timing of 1 minute and 22.17 seconds for fourth position.
Fifth fastest spot of the race was obtained by Xiaoqin Jin of China, who stayed just 0.82 seconds away from her former finisher and clocked a time of 1 minute and 22.99 seconds.
Subsequently, Jin was traced by Maddison Elliott of Australia, who remained 0.26 seconds slower and tapped the wall with a timing of 1 minute and 23.25 seconds.
Elliott was chased by Mallory Weggemann of USA, who was just an inch slower from her foregoing finisher and secured seventh place by producing a time of 1 minute and 23.36 seconds.
Eighth position of the event was obtained by Weiyuan Lu of China, who remained 0.20 seconds apart and clocked an effort of 1 minute and 23.56 seconds.
Frederiksen was contented with her victory in the discipline and articulated that she would train harder to achieve the same in future events.
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