Lotte Friis and Aya Terakawa win gold medals – 2012 Sette Colli Meet

Lotte Friis and Aya Terakawa win gold medals – 2012 Sette Colli Meet

Lotte Friis and Aya Terakawa won gold medals of Women’s 800m freestyle and 200m backstroke respectively at the 2012 Sette Colli Meet in Rome, Italy.

Friis stayed nearly three body lengths faster from her closest swimmer, Wendy Trott of South Africa and hit the finishing end for gold medal with the timing of 8 minutes and 22.10 seconds.

Her gold winning effort remained 3.61 seconds faster from Trott, who secured silver medal of the discipline by producing a time of 8 minutes and 25.71 seconds.

The silver medallist was chased by Martina De Memme of Italy, who was almost eleven seconds apart and made her way to the finishing end as third best finisher by producing a time of 8 minutes and 36.67 seconds.

Following that, Terakawa snared gold medal of the 200m backstroke. With her epic pace and laudable start, Terakawa dictated terms to her opponents from the start and cruised her way towards the finishing blockade with the timing of 2 minutes and 07.73 seconds.

The champion remained almost 1.50 seconds faster from her following swimmer, Anastasia Zueva of Russia, who secured silver medal of the discipline by clocking an effort of 2 minutes and 09.27 seconds.

The silver medallist was followed by Alessia Filippi of Italy, who suffered a deficit of 2.32 seconds from her foregoing finisher and clocked a timing of 2 minutes and 11.59 seconds.

Third event of the session was Men’s 200m freestyle, where Filippo Magnini occupied gold medal of the event. With his incredible pace, he remained just a touch away from his challenger and posted a time of 1 minute and 48.02 seconds for the title of the
event.

He was trailed by Marco Belotti of Italy, who stayed 0.07 seconds apart and cruised his way towards the finishing end with the timing of 1 minute and 48.09 seconds.

The silver medallist was followed by Gregory Mallet of France, who was 0.15 seconds behind and secured bronze medal of the discipline by clocking an effort of 1 minute and 48.24 seconds.

Furthermore, the championship completed after the conclusion of all planned events.

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Posted by Mursil Mehmood Butt on Jun 18 2012. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry