Ying Lu and Timothy Phillips earn gold medals in swimming events – 2011 World University Games
Ying Lu of China and Timothy Phillips of USA earned gold medals in Women’s 100m butterfly and Men’s 100m butterfly respectively, on the fourth day of the 2011 World University Games, which ended on Wednesday, August 17, in Shenzhen, China.
Lu proved her determination for the title of Women’s butterfly swim by touching the wall first, with a timing of 57.86 seconds. Her time was 0.40 seconds under the former Game Record of 58.24 seconds, set by Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson of Hong Kong in 2009.
The Chinese swimmer was in an outstanding lead of 1.18 seconds over her following swimmer, Tomoyo Fukuda of Japan, who touched the wall in a second fastest time of 59.08 seconds. Nevertheless, Fukuda edged out her closest competitor, Alice Mills, with a
margin of only 0.03 seconds. Mills transpired as the third fastest swimmer of the event, as she submitted a time of 59.11 seconds for the bronze medal.
Her time was just 0.06 seconds better than her following swimmer, Lyndsay De Paul of USA, who ended her swim in a fourth fastest time of 59.17 seconds. De Paul was in a marginal lead of 0.68 seconds over her closest competitor, Maria Ugolkova of Russia,
as she ended her double-lap sprint, with a timing of 59.85 seconds. Meanwhile, Jessica Dickons of Great Britain surfaced as the sixth finest swimmer of the butterfly discipline after she clocked a time of 59.94 seconds.
Moments later, the spectators viewed heart winning swim of Phillips, who clinched the title of Men’s equivalent event by posting a miraculous effort of 52.06 seconds. He was followed by his following swimmer and team-member, Thomas Shields, who remained
0.56 seconds behind him and earned the silver medal by reporting in a time of 52.62 seconds.
Likewise, the silver medallist was in a lead of 0.34 seconds over his subsequent competitor, Pawel Korzeniowski of Poland, who reached the podium for bronze medal with a timing of 52.96 seconds.
In the meantime, Masayuki Kishida of Japan emerged as the fourth position holder of the event, as he remained only 0.02 seconds behind the third position holder and clocked a time of 52.98 seconds. Henrique Martins of Brazil was the fifth finest swimmer
of the swim, as he completed his swim in a time of 53.27 seconds.
The sixth fastest spot was secured by Clement Lefert of France, who was only 0.01 seconds slower than Martins and produced a time of 53.28 seconds. Furthermore, the arena appreciated marvellous swims of all participants, while the winners were invited on
the medal rostrum for their prizes.
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