Jennifer Connolly wins Women’s 50m back-stroke title: Day five – 2011 World University Games
Day five of the 2011 World University Games got-off to a strong start with the immaculate splash of United States’ swimmer, Jennifer Connolly in Shenzhen, China, on Thursday, August 18. The session of the meet conducted the Women’s 50m back-stroke final.
In the corresponding race, Connolly produced a brilliant splash and secured the gold medal on the podium by posting a remarkable time of 27.92 seconds. That swim moved her to the third place in the current rankings of world swimming. Aliaksandra Herasimenia
of Belarus took home the silver title by submitting an impressive time of 27.93 seconds. It was a neck-to-neck battle between Jennifer Connolly and Aliaksandra Herasimenia, but Connolly won the match by a fringe margin of 0.01 seconds. After winning the race,
Connolly was really excited and pleased with her splash in the event.
Grace Loh of Australia secured the bronze medal on the podium by posting a matchless time of 28.37 seconds. Loh won the bronze medal in the Women’s 50m back-stroke meet at the 2011 Summer Universiade, in Shenzhen. Shiho Sakai of Japan wound up fourth after
she touched the finishing wall in a time of 28.43 seconds.
Earlier, Sakai won the gold medal in the Women’s 100m back-stroke final meet at the current edition of the competition. Formerly, Sakai picked two gold medals in the 50m and 100m back-stroke races at the 2009 edition of the Summer Universiade, in Belgrade.
In addition, Shiho secured the gold medal in the Women’s 100m back-stroke meet at the 2001 edition of the meet, in Shenzhen.
In the meantime, Etiene Medeiros of Brazil hit the wall in a time of 28.59 seconds to finish fifth and Ariannna Barbieri of Italy was placed sixth in a time of 28.76 seconds. Last, but not the least, Simona Baumrtova and Alina Vats of Ukraine settled in
a tie for seventh place with an identical time of 29.41 seconds.
The arena applauded for the scintillating efforts of all participants, while the winners were awarded medal and accolades for their swims after the session’ completion.
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