Ying Lu captures Women’s 100m butterfly crown: Day four – 2011 World University Games
Day four of the 2011 World University Games saw the intriguing splash of Ying Lu in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday, August 17. The session of the meet conducted the Women’s 100m butterfly final.
In the corresponding meet, Ying Lu of China captured the gold medal on the podium by posting a record time of 57.86 seconds. More importantly, Lu broke Hannah Wilson’s previous record of 58.24 seconds, set back in the 2009 edition of the meet, but her time
was under Ying Lu’s previous best time of 57.06 seconds. Lu also secured the gold medal in the Women’s 50m butterfly meet at the 2010 Asian Games, in Guangzhou.
Moreover, Ying earned two gold medals in the 50m and 100m butterfly events at the 2011 Summer Universiade, in Shenzhen. Currently, Lu has been preparing for the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games in London.
In the meantime, Tomoyo Fukuda of Japan secured the silver medal on the podium by posting a matchless time of 59.08 seconds and Alice Mills of Australia picked bronze title of the meet by submitting an intriguing time of 59.11 seconds. In the corresponding
race, Lyndsay Paul De of United States of America was placed fourth in a time of 59.17 seconds and Maria Ugolkova of Russia settled fifth in a time of 59.85 seconds.
Jessica Dickons of Great Britain was placed sixth in 59.94 seconds, while Amy Smith of Australia wound up seventh in a time of 1 minute and 00.34 seconds. Felicia Lee of United States of America settled eighth in a time of 1 minute and 00.58 seconds.
Moreover, United States’ Timothy Phillips secured the gold medal in the Men’s 100m butterfly meet with a victorious time of 52.06 seconds. Thomas Shields of United States snared the silver title of the meet by posting a stunning time of 52.62 seconds, while
Pawel Korzeniowski of Poland settled for bronze on the podium in a time of 52.96 seconds. Masayuki Kishida of Japan finished fourth in 52.98 seconds and Brazil’s Henrique Martins rounded out the top five in 53.27 seconds.
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