Ieuan Lloyd and Sycerika McMahon win swimming events: Day three – 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games
Ieuan Lloyd of Wales and Sycerika McMahon of Northern Ireland
won the finals of Men’s 200m Individual Medley (IM) and Women’s 400m IM respectively, on the last day of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games on September 11, in Isle of Man.
Lloyd excelled his performance in the Men’s IM discipline by clocking a time of 2 minutes and 00.42 seconds in the final of the event. He was trailed by Eugene Tee of Australia, who remained 1.50 seconds behind his preceding swimmer and posted a time of
2 minutes and 01.92 seconds for silver medal. The Australian swimmer was followed by Mark Szaranek of Scotland, who stayed only 1.10 seconds away from him and produced a bronze winning time of 2 minutes and 03.02 seconds.
In the meantime, 16-year-old Szaranek was trailed by his team-member, Craig Benson, who remained marginally away from him and ended his swim in a time of 2 minutes and 03.15 seconds for fourth position. Benson remained comfortably ahead of his following
swimmer, Zahir Gamiet of South Africa, who touched the wall in a fifth fastest time of 2 minutes and 05.28 seconds. He was followed by Northern Ireland’s Curtis Coulter, who remained 3.79 seconds behind his preceding swimmer and submitted a time of 2 minutes
and 09.07 seconds for sixth position.
Later on, McMahon presented a dominating swim in the Women’s distant IM discipline and occupied gold medal of the event by reporting a time of 4 minutes and 42.43 seconds. She was chased by Elena Sheridan of England, who remained almost two seconds behind
her former finisher and reached the podium for silver medal with a timing of 4 minutes and 44.27 seconds. Sheridan managed a lead of 1.41 seconds over her following swimmers, Fiona Donnelly of Scotland and Emily Jones of Scotland, who secured the podium for
bronze medal, with a same timing of 4 minutes and 45.68 seconds.
The duo of bronze medallists engaged each other in a head-to-head battle, but they were unable to run-off each other on the finishing wall. The fifth spot of the race was secured by Charlotte Atkinson of Isle of Man, who was considerably slower than her
foregoing competitors and produced a time of 4 minutes and 52.20 seconds. Atkinson remained just 0.10 seconds ahead of her subsequent competitor, Ellena Jones of Wales, as she posted a time of 4 minutes and 52.30 seconds for sixth spot.
Furthermore, the session ended after noteworthy swims of all participants, while the frontrunners received their medals after the completion of the session.
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