Jessica Dickons wins Women’s 200m butterfly gold medal: Day five – 2011 World University Games
Jessica Dickons won the gold medal of Women’s 200m butterfly on the fifth day of the 2011 World University Games, which took place in Shenzhen, China.
Dickons of Great Britain acquired the title of the distant butterfly swim by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 08.91 seconds. She was 2.08 seconds above the Game Record of 2 minutes and 06.83 seconds, made by Audrey Lacroix of Canada in 2007. In addition,
the gold medallist was also 7.10 seconds slower than the world record of 2 minutes and 01.81 seconds, set by Liu Zige of China during 2009.
The British swimmer, who remained inevitably tough for the gold spot on the medal rostrum, was followed by Natsumi Hoshi of Japan, who remained 0.03 seconds behind her and ended her swim in a time of 2 minutes and 08.94 seconds for silver medal. She was
followed by Hye Ra Choi of Korea, who remained 0.41 seconds away and reported in a time of 2 minutes and 09.35 seconds for bronze medal.
Dickons gained a slight lead over her fellow competitors in the initial lap of the race, where she ended her lap in 29.27 seconds, while Hoshi emerged as the second fastest swimmer with a timing of 29.32 seconds. In the next lap, Dickons extended her lead
to 0.22 seconds, by clocking a time of 1 minute and 01.94 seconds for the first-half of the race, as compared to Hoshi’s 1 minute and 02.16 seconds effort.
Her lead also expanded in the third lap, where Dickons clocked a time of 1 minute and 35.24 seconds, while Choi engaged Hoshi in a neck-to-neck battle and gained a lead of 0.02 seconds over her. Choi posted a time of 1 minute and 35.57 seconds against Hoshi’s
effort of 1 minute and 35.59 seconds.
In the final lap of the 200m swim, Dickons sustained her fastest spot of the swim and occupied the gold medal, while Hoshi completed her fourth lap in 33.35 seconds to overwhelm the efforts of her preceding swimmer, Choi, for the silver medal.
Meanwhile, Martina Van Berkel and Amy Smith attained fourth and fifth fastest spots of the event, with timings of 2:10.36 and 2:10.44 minutes, respectively. Silvia Meschiari and Andrea Taylor appeared as the sixth and seventh position holders, with timings
of 2:11.78 and 2:12.94 minutes, respectively.
MacKenzie Katherine Downing was the eighth finisher of the event, as she settled on the wall in a time of 2 minutes and 12.98 seconds. The event was considered as one of the toughest events of the championship so far, as the crowd went wild with the gruelling
efforts of all swimmers.
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