Matthew Hutchins and Sophia Batchelor dominate swimming events – Commonwealth Youth Games
Matthew Hutchins and Sophia Batchelor of New Zealand won the finals of Men’s 400m freestyle and Women’s 100m butterfly respectively, on the third day of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games on September 11, in Isle of Man.
Hutchins posted a top ranked time of 3 minutes and 48.92 seconds for gold medal of the Men’s mediocre distance freestyle swim. With his invincible effort, he remained 0.38 seconds ahead of his following rival, Jarrod Poort of Australia, as he submitted a
second fastest time of 3 minutes and 49.30 seconds for silver medal. Poort was also 2.98 seconds ahead of his following swimmer, Ieuan Lloyd of Wales, who followed him on the victory stand for bronze medal of the event, with a timing of 3 minutes and 51.28
seconds.
Previously, Lloyd proved his dominance for the crown of 200m Individual Medley (IM) meet, while this was his second medal of the evening.
In the meantime, Matthew Abeysinghe of Sri Lanka remained 5.41 seconds behind his preceding swimmer and ended on the finishing wall with a fourth fastest time of 3 minutes and 56.69 seconds. The Sri Lankan player was trailed by Oliver Tennant of Wales, who
was 1.85 seconds slower than him and reported a time of 3 minutes and 58.54 seconds for fifth spot. Michael Mincham of New Zealand was the sixth best swimmer of the event, as he posted a time of 3 minutes and 59.78 seconds.
Moments later, 16-year-old Batchelor presented an astounding swim in the Women’s 100m butterfly by clocking a time of 58.63 seconds. She was in a lead of 1.07 seconds over Rachael Kelly, who submitted a time of 59.70 seconds for the silver medal. Kelly was
followed by Vanessa Puhlmann of Australia, who earned the bronze medal of Women’s butterfly swim with a timing of 59.77 seconds.
Meanwhile, Marne Erasmus of South Africa secured fourth fastest spot of the event by posting a time of 1 minute and 00.32 seconds. Charlotte Bryan of Wales emerged as the fifth finest swimmer of the event and touched the wall in a time of 1 minute and 02.25
seconds. Subsequently, the sixth position of the event was secured by Elena Sheridan of England, who was only 0.26 seconds behind Bryan and reported a time of 1 minute and 2.51 seconds.
The arena was pleased with the breath-taking efforts of all participants in their exclusive events. In addition, the winners were called upon the victory stand for their phenomenal swims after the completion of the session.
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