Michael Jamieson and Jeanette Ottesen Gray win gold medals – British International
Saturday, March 16th, 2013 3:46:54 by Mursil Mehmood ButtMichael Jamieson and Jeanette Ottesen Gray won gold medals of Men’s 100m breaststroke and Women’s 50m butterfly respectively at the 2013 British International Meet.
Jamieson remained slightly ahead of his following swimmer and occupied the title with an effort of 1 minute and 00.82 seconds.
The champion was chased by Christopher Steeples, who stayed 0.26 seconds behind and finished second in the race by producing a time of 1 minute and 01.08 seconds.
The second position holder was traced by Robert Holderness, who remained 0.39 seconds apart and surfaced on the finishing end for bronze medal with the timing of 1 minute and 01.47 seconds.
The bronze medallist was trailed by Adam Peaty, who remained only an inch behind and settled on the wall for fourth position with the timing of 1 minute and 01.66 seconds.
Fifth best spot of the reason was obtained by Andrew Willis, who stayed 0.10 seconds apart and tapped the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 01.76 seconds.
On the other hand, Gray secured gold medal in the shortest butterfly discipline. She enjoyed a lead of half body length over her strongest opponent and occupied gold medal of the race by producing an effort of 25.76 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Francesca Halsall, who stayed 0.24 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and tapped the wall with the timing of 26.00 seconds for second place.
The second best finisher was trailed by Emma Wilkins, who was 0.98 seconds slower from her former finisher and tapped the wall with an effort of 26.98 seconds for third position.
Fourth finest spot of the event was obtained by Amy Smith, who remained 0.18 seconds away from her preceding swimmer and hit the wall with the timing of 27.16 seconds.
Smith was traced by Sian Harkin, who remained 0.11 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and tapped the wall with the timing of 27.27 seconds for fifth place.
In addition, the position holders received medals and accolades for their notable efforts at the prize ceremony of the tournament.
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