Rebecca Adlington wins Women’s 200m freestyle gold: Day one – 2012 British GAS ASA Nationals
Olympic champion, Rebecca Adlington of Nova Centurion won gold medal of the Women’s 200m freestyle on day one of the 2012 British GAS ASA Nationals in Sheffield, England on Wednesday, June 20.
Adlington demonstrated her astonishing efforts in the four-lap freestyle discipline and reached the finishing end for gold medal. With her epic pace and commendable start, she faced no difficulty in occupying gold medal of the discipline.
Her astounding pace placed her considerably ahead of her opponents as she tapped the finishing wall with a wonderful timing of 1 minute and 58.68 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Rebecca Turner of Co Sheffield, who stayed nearly half body length behind and settled on the finishing end as second position holder with a nice effort of 1 minute and 59.11 seconds.
The silver medallist remained just 0.03 seconds faster from Lucy Ellis of StirlingSwim, who captured bronze medal of the event by producing a time of 1 minute and 59.14 seconds.
Fourth position of the discipline was secured by Jazmin Carlin of Swansea Perf, who remained one body length apart and hit the finishing end with the timing of 2 minutes and 00.01 seconds.
Similarly, Carlin enjoyed a benefit of 0.36 seconds over Sasha Matthews of Nova Centurion, who proved her eligibility for fifth position of the event by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 00.37 seconds.
Sixth finest spot of the discipline was occupied by Emma Saunders of Co Manch Aquatics, who stayed 0.41 seconds apart and settled on the finishing end with an effort of 2 minutes and 00.78 seconds.
Saunders was trailed by C Johannessen of Norway, who stayed one and a half body length apart and posted an effort of 2 minutes and 02.02 seconds.
Eighth position of the discipline was secured by Eleanor Faulkner of Co Sheffield, who stayed only 0.07 seconds behind and reported a time of 2 minutes and 02.09 seconds.
In addition, Adlington expressed contentment over her victory in the 200m discipline and stated that she will struggle hard to defend her title at the forthcoming 2012 London Olympic Games.
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