Lauren Boyle and Izumi Kato earn gold medals in swimming events – 2011 World University Games
Lauren Boyle of New Zealand and Izumi Kato of Japan earned gold medals in the Women’s 400m freestyle and the 200m Individual Medley (IM) respectively, on the subsequent day of the 2011 World University Games which took place on August 15, in Shenzhen, China.
Boyle presented an astounding swim in the eight-lap event to conquer the gold medal of the swim by submitting a time of 4 minutes and 07.78 seconds. She was followed by Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid of Spain, who was just 0.19 seconds slower than the gold
medallist and posted a time of 4 minutes and 07.97 seconds.
The third spot of the event was secured by Stephanie Peacock of USA, who remained nearly two seconds behind Schmid and clocked a time of 4 minutes and 10.25 seconds.
In the meantime, Alyssa Anderson of USA emerged as the fourth position holder of the event, as she remained only 0.24 seconds slower than the bronze medallist and touched the wall in a time of 4 minutes and 10.49 seconds. Anderson maintained a comfortable
lead over her subsequent competitor, Martina De Memme of Italy, who reported in a fifth finest time of 4 minutes and 14.01 seconds. De Memme was trailed by Meredith Budner of Israel, as she produced a sixth best time of 4 minutes and 14.96 seconds.
In the next event, Kato showered her overwhelming efforts and clinched the title of 200m IM in a winning time of 2 minutes and 13.52 seconds. She was chased by Hye Ra Choi of Korea, who ended her swim in a second best time of 2 minutes and 14.17 seconds
to grab silver medal of the event. Jing Liu of China transpired as the third position holder of the event, as she claimed the title in a time of 2 minutes and 14.39 seconds.
Tomoyo Fukuda of Japan was the fourth finest swimmer of the IM discipline, as she ended her sprint by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 14.78 seconds. Fukuda maintained a lead of 0.56 seconds over her closest competitor, Ganna Dzerkal of Ukraine, who ended
her swim with a fifth fastest time of 2 minutes and 15.34 seconds.
Dzerkal was trailed by Sophie Allen of Great Britain, who remained 0.49 seconds slower from overwhelming the effort of her preceding swimmer and concluded her swim in a time of 2 minutes and 15.83 seconds.
In addition, the crowd went wild with the impressive swims of all participants, while the podium finishers were called upon the medal rostrum for receiving their accolades after the session.
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