Phoebe Lenderyou and Jarrod Poort impress in swimming events: Day two – 2011 Commonwealth Games
Phoebe Lenderyou of England and Jarrod Poort of Australia impressed in the finals of Women’s 100m back-stroke and Men’s 1500m freestyle respectively, on the second day of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games on September 10, in Isle of Man.
Lenderyou occupied the gold medal of the Women’s 100m event with an astounding effort of 59.77 seconds. The 16-year-old Lenderyou won the arena’s hearts with her title claiming effort, as she was the only swimmer to post a time less than 1 minute. The English
athlete was trailed by Adelaide Hart of Australia, who remained only 0.29 seconds slower than the silver medallist and clocked a time of 1 minute and 00.06 seconds for silver medal. Hart was followed by Georgia-Mae Hohmann of England, who was only 0.85 seconds
behind his former finisher and submitted a time of 1 minute and 00.91 seconds for third position.
The bronze medallist was just 0.03 seconds away from her following competitor, Sophia Batchelor of New Zealand, as she posted a time of 1 minute and 00.94 seconds for fourth position. Batchelor managed a lead of 0.33 seconds over her following swimmer, Charlotte
McKenzie of Scotland, who occupied fifth position of the back-stroke discipline with a timing of 1 minute and 01.27 seconds. McKenzie was trailed by Kotuku Ngawati of Australia, as she remained evident for sixth finest spot of the swim and touched the wall
in 1 minute and 02.18 seconds.
Moments later, the arena witnessed the phenomenal effort of Australian swimmer, Jarrod Poort, who claimed the title of 1500m event with a timing of 15 minutes and 09.19 seconds. Poort was trailed by Matthew Hutchins of New Zealand, who earned silver medal
of the long distance freestyle swim by reporting a time of 15 minutes and 17.91 seconds. Hutchins was in a lead of 3.99 seconds over Eugene Tee, who gained bronze medal of the swim in a time of 15 minutes and 21.90 seconds.
Tee was chased by Michael Mincham of New Zealand and Matthew Johnson of England, who ended their swims in the fourth and fifth fastest spots, with timings of 15:34.56 and 15:41.95 minutes, respectively. Johnson managed a lead of nearly 21 seconds over his
subsequent swimmer, Iacovos Hadjiconstant of Cyprus, who submitted a time of 16 minutes and 02.22 seconds for sixth place.
The session ended after the stunning efforts of all participants, while the crowd acknowledged the invincible swims of podium finishers in their exclusive events. Furthermore, the winners received medals for their remarkable efforts after the completion
of the session.
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