Maryia Rudzko wins Women’s 100m back-stroke final - 2011 World Deaf Swimming Championships
Maryia Rudzko of Belarus won the Women’s 100m back-stroke final on the third day of the 2011 World Deaf Swimming Championships on Tuesday, August 9, in Coimbra, Portugal. The championship is a seven-day long course meet, organised by the international aquatic
sport’s governing body, Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA).
The 22-year-old Rudzko dominated the two-lap back-stroke swim, where she gained a body length lead over her closest competitor, Lauren McAlpin and posted a new Deaf Championship Record time of 1 minute and 07.61 seconds. Her effort was considerably under
her own championship mark of 1 minute and 08.82 seconds, set by Rudzko in the preliminary rounds of same event. She also remained 6.44 seconds behind the Deaf World Record of 1 minute and 01.17 seconds, made by Sweden’s Anna Polivanchuk in 2009.
Subsequently, McAlpin of United States was the second finest swimmer of the back-stroke event, as she stayed 1.54 seconds away from the gold medallist and submitted a second fastest time of 1 minute and 09.15 seconds. Meanwhile, the 17-year-old McAlpin maintained
a lead of 1.72 seconds over her following rival, Peggy De Villiers of South Africa, who ended her swim in 1 minute and 10.87 seconds for the bronze medal.
De Villiers was chased by Valeriia Sytnikova of Ukraine, who finished behind her with a marginal difference of 0.22 seconds and reported in a time of 1 minute and 11.09 seconds. Linda Neumann of Germany was fifth fastest swimmer of the race, as she clocked
a time of 1 minute and 12.18 seconds.
Teneale Houghton of Australia and Kateryna Denysova of Ukraine materialised as the sixth and seventh position holders, with timings of 1:12.36 and 1:12.79 minutes, respectively. Moments later, Olga Savina of Russia settled as the eighth position holder of
the event, as she produced a time of 1 minute and 14.37 seconds.
Besides, the crowd went wild with the scintillating efforts of all participants in the 100m back-stroke category, while the winners were awarded medal for their remarkable efforts after the session’s conclusion.
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