Melanie Costa Schmid grabs Women’s 400m freestyle gold - FINA Swimming Championships (25m)
Melanie Costa Schmid of Spain grabbed gold medal of the Women’s 400m freestyle on day three of the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) at Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday, December 14.
The Spanish swimmer dictated terms to her opponents in the 400m discipline and managed to secure top spot on the medal rostrum.
With her invincible efforts, Schmid remained marginally ahead of her opponents and surfaced on the finishing wall for gold medal with a timing of 4 minutes and 01.18 seconds.
The champion was followed by Chloe Sutton of USA, who was only 0.02 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and touched the wall for silver medal by producing an effort of 4 minutes and 01.20 seconds.
Sutton was traced by Lauren Boyle of New Zealand, who was 0.04 seconds apart and concluded her race in third place by touching the wall with an effort of 4 minutes and 01.24 seconds.
Fourth fastest spot of the race was obtained by Elena Sokolova of Russia, who was 0.25 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and concluded her race in a time of 4 minutes and 01.49 seconds.
Sokolova was chased by Jazmin Carlin of Great Britain, who was 0.96 seconds behind and concluded her race in a time of 4 minutes and 02.45 seconds for fifth position.
Sixth place of the race was obtained by Angie Bainbridge of Australia, who was one and a half body length apart and clocked a time of 4 minutes and 04.07 seconds.
Seventh position of the event was secured by Lili Zhou of China, who was 0.80 seconds away from upsetting her foregoing finisher and ended her race in a time of 4 minutes and 04.87 seconds.
Zhou was followed by Erika Villaecija Garcia of Spain, who was full body length behind and concluded her race in eighth place by posting a time of 4 minutes and 05.78 seconds.
In addition, Schmid was happy with her gold claiming effort in the race and said that she would try hard to live up to the expectations of her followers by continuing the same in future.
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