Molly Renshaw and Daniel Fogg secure gold medals – British International
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 3:40:47 by Mursil Mehmood ButtMolly Renshaw and Daniel Fogg secured gold medals of the Women’s 200m breaststroke and Men’s 1500m freestyle respectively at the 2013 British International.
She was only two arm-strokes ahead over her toughest challenger and tapped the wall for gold medal with the timing of 1 minute and 58.49 seconds for gold medal.
The champion was traced by Rebecca Turner, who was on the finishing end for silver medal by clocking a time of 1 minute and 58.72 seconds.
The silver medallist was trailed by Eleanor Faulkner, who stayed almost full body length behind and secured the wall for third position by posting an effort of 1 minute and 59.42 seconds.
The third position holder was traced by Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, who remained 0.61 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and posted an effort of 2 minutes and 00.03 seconds for fourth place.
Fifth best spot of the race was obtained by Sharon Van Rouwendaal, who was 0.92 seconds apart and finished her race in a time of 2 minutes and 00.95 seconds.
On the other hand, Fogg occupied gold medal of the distant freestyle discipline. He was in a lead of three body lengths over his closest competitor and cruised his way towards the finishing end for gold medal with the timing of 15 minutes and 26.93 seconds.
The gold medallist was trailed by Caleb Hughes, who was 3.03 seconds slower from his former finisher and tapped the wall for silver medal with the timing of 15 minutes and 29.96 seconds.
The silver medallist was traced by Stephen Milne, who remained nearly three and a half body length behind and posted a time of 15 minutes and 33.51 seconds for bronze medal.
Fourth fastest position of the swim was gained by Joel Knight, who stayed only 0.03 seconds slower from his former finisher and hit the wall with the timing of 15 minutes and 33.54 seconds.
Fifth spot of the race was secured by Ferry Weertman, who remained one and a half body length slower from his foregoing finisher and clocked an effort of 15 minutes and 34.84 seconds.
In addition, the winners were awarded medals and accolades after the event.
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