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Olympics, Swimming: Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe Leads 200 Back Semis -- August 14, 2008

By John Lohn

BEIJING, China, August 15. ONE more chance to turn silver into gold. That's the scenario facing Kirsty Coventry as she heads into the final of the 200 backstroke. Already with three silver medals at the Beijing Games, Coventry positioned herself for a run at gold and defending her title by leading the semifinal qualifying.

The former world-record holder in the event, Coventry posted a time of 2:07.76 to narrowly finish ahead of the 2:07.90 clocking by American Elizabeth Beisel. Coventry was exactly one second slower than the Olympic-record time she produced during the preliminaries. Look for a return to the 2:06-range to come in the final.


Australian Meagen Nay set a national record en route to the third position, thanks to a time of 2:08.09. She was followed by Japan's Reiko Nakamura, who stopped the clock in 2:08.21, just ahead of American Margaret Hoelzer (2:08.25). Hoelzer is the world-record holder in 2:06.09 and will be in the gold-medal mix when the athletes climb the blocks tomorrow.

Another Australian, Belinda Hocking was sixth into the championship final with a performance of 2:08.80. The field for the title race will also include Great Britain teenager Elizabeth Simmonds (2:08.96) and Russian Anastasia Zueva (2:09.07).




Results: 2008 Olympic Games - Swimming

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Reaction Time Comments

August 14, 2008 Hoelzer wins it tomorrow in 2:04.9. Coventry silver in 2:05.3.
Submitted by: crafto
August 15, 2008 The times seem meaningless after too many records, but I'm thinking Hoelzer too, by a fingernail. She has seemed smooth and confident all week....and very good at conserving her energy
Submitted by: liquidassets
August 15, 2008 I think let Coughlin swim free,and Hoelzer swim backstroke will be more better than Lacey Nymeyer swim free.





Submitted by: Lostriver
August 15, 2008 Oh, you mean the relay. Well I thought they would probably go with Coughlin back and Torres free; is she out of the relay because of her 50 and the stmoach vitrus??
Submitted by: liquidassets
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