Maryia Rudzko dominates Women’s 200m back-stroke final: Day six – World Deaf Swimming Championships
Maryia Rudzko of Belarus dominated the final of Women’s 200m back-stroke meet on day six of the 2011 World Deaf Championships on Friday, August 12, in Coimbra, Portugal.
Rudzko displayed a spectacular swim in the distant back-stroke event, by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 25.71 seconds. Her time was nearly two seconds under the Deaf World Record of 2 minutes and 27.38 seconds, set by Laura Barber of USA in 1980. Subsequently,
her time was nearly six seconds better than her own Deaf Championship Record of 2 minutes and 31.43 seconds, made by Rudzko in the preliminary rounds of the same event, earlier at the championship.
The gold medallist was 2.55 seconds ahead of her following swimmer, Lauren McAlpin of United States, who surfaced on the podium as the silver medallist, by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 28.26 seconds. She was chased by Anna Tovsta of Ukraine, who remained
only 0.65 seconds behind her closest competitor and reported in a time of 2 minutes and 28.91 seconds for bronze medal.
The fourth finest spot of the swim was obtained by Jarmila Gupta of Germany, who was 1.75 seconds slower from overwhelming the effort of third position holder and posted a time of 2 minutes and 30.66 seconds. She was followed by Gupta’s team-member, Linda
Neumann, who ended her swim in a fifth fastest time of 2 minutes and 31.81 seconds.
Neumann was comfortably away from her following rival, Kateryna Denysova of Ukraine, who finished her swim in a time of 2 minutes and 33.87 seconds for sixth position. Teneale Houghton of Australia earned seventh finishing spot of the event, as she posted
a time of 2 minutes and 35.87 seconds. Meanwhile, Olga Savina of Russia settled as the final swimmer of the event and clocked a time of 2 minutes and 40.34 seconds.
The arena appreciated the noteworthy efforts of all swimmers, while the podium finishers collected their medals and accolades after the session’s completion.
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