Sophie Pascoe Dominates SM10 200 IM Commonwealth Final

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New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe finished more than four seconds ahead of her competition in the women’s SM10 200 IM final, leading wire-to-wire and recording a time of 2:27.72. The gold was the Kiwi’s third at the Commonwealth Games in her career after winning the 200 IM and 100 breast titles four years ago in Glasgow.

Canada’s Aurelie Rivard took silver in 2:31.79, two hundredths ahead of bronze medalist Katherine Downie of Australia (2:31.81).

Two more Australians finished fourth and fifth, respectively, with Paige Leonhardt (2:32.68) and Jasmine Greenwood (2:34.97). Other finalists included Scotland’s Toni Shaw (2:38.38), Canada’s Samantha Ryan (2:43.63) and Canada’s Katarina Roxon (2:48.32).

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