Marieke Guehrer and Kyle Richardson impress in swimming events – 2011 Australian University Games
Australian key swimmers, Marieke Guehrer and Kyle Richardson astonished the crowd by clinching gold medals of Women’s and Men’s 50m freestyle respectively, on the second day of the 2011 Australian University Games. The session ended on September 28, at the
Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, in Queensland.
Guehrer is a 2009 Rome World Championships gold medallist, while Richardson helped the Australian team to secure a gold finish in the 4*100m freestyle at the 2011 Shanghai World Championships.
Guehrer demonstrated her extraordinary skills, where she with spoiled the hopes of her competitors and bettered her own championship mark of Women’s freestyle discipline by producing an effort of 25.73 seconds. Her effort was 0.01 seconds under her own mark
of 25.74 seconds, made in 2009.
She was followed by her companion, Jessica Morrison, who was 0.94 seconds slower than Guehrer and reached the podium for silver medal with a timing of 26.67 seconds. Morrison was trailed by Ashleigh McCleery of Griffith University, as she remained just a
nail away from her, posting a time of 26.82 seconds for bronze medal.
In the meantime, Richardson appeared on the starting blocks, where he looked remarkably strong and determined to achieve the title of equivalent event in Men’s corner. Just after the start, QLD University of Technology’s Richardson showed his urgency to
reach the other end of the pool, producing an effort of 22.69 seconds for gold medal.
With his overpowering effort, the Brisbane-based Richardson not only pocketed the crown but he also lowered his previous championship mark of 22.94 seconds, owned by him from 2009.
Richardson’s splendid effort in the 50m swim not only cheered the crowd but his coach also expressed happiness over the record-wrecking effort of his talented athlete. The gold medallist was followed by Gene Kubala of Bond University, who remained behind
him and secured silver medal of the event by submitting an effort of 23.35 seconds. Similarly, Kubala’s team-mate, Bruce McGregor remained a stroke away from his former finisher and stepped on the podium for bronze medal with a timing of 24.07 seconds.
In addition, the flawless efforts of Australian stars were way over the expectations of their fans, while their presence in the competition also contributed to enhance the importance of Australian Universiade.
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