Jenny Johansson and Aya Terakawa win corresponding races: Mare Nostrum, Canet
After the amazing performances of Swedish swimmer, Therese Alshammar in the 50m freestyle and 100m butterfly finals, two more intriguing competitions were held in Canet, France, on June 8.
Jenny Johansson captured the Women’s 50m breast-stroke crown with a fastest time of 30.95 seconds. More importantly, Johansson broke her previous record of 30.98 seconds and improved to 6th place in the world rankings. She was not able to break
Rebecca Soni’s record of 30.89 seconds in the 50m breast-stroke meet.
Placed second in the corresponding meet was Samantha Marshall with a winning time of 31.62 seconds, whereas, Satomi Suzuki of Japan earned third place honours after she touched the finishing blockade with a time of 31.79 seconds. Both, Suzuki and Marshall
have now jumped into the 14th and 21st places in the world rankings, respectively.
Johansson is a popular swimmer of Sweden. She claimed silver medal in the short distance at the 2001 World Championships and grabbed silver title in the middle distance at the 2005 World Championships. Most importantly, Johansson snatched two gold medals
in short distance and relay meets at the 2000 and 2004 European Orienteering Championships.
Meanwhile, the Women’s 100m back-stroke crown was snatched by Japanese swimmer, Aya Terakawa with a winning time of 1 minute and 00.22 seconds. Earlier, she set the world record in the corresponding event with a sterling time of 59.17 seconds in April, 2011.
Securing second spot in the 100m back-stroke final was European champion of Russia, Anastasia Zueva with a time of 1 minute and 00.34 seconds, while Sinead Russell wound up third in a time of 1 minute and 00.56 seconds. The effort also improved her to 19th
place in the international rankings.
Aya Terakawa is a well known swimmer of Japan, who won two silver medals in the Women’s 50m and 100m back-stroke finals at the 2010 Pan Pacific Championships, in Irvine. Like other swimmers, Aya Terakawa’s ultimate desire is to snag her first ever World
Championship and Olympic Games title in 2011-2012. Currently, she is training hard in her back-stroke swimming styles in an attempt to give her best performance in the upcoming mega swimming events.
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