By Stephen J. Thomas<\/p>\n
ATHENS, August 18. THE shinning light of Polish swimming, 20-year-old Otylia Jedrzejczak, saw the light tonight and the color was gold!<\/p>\n
Three-time Olympian Aussie Petria Thomas had medaled in this race on both previous occasions; silver in Atlanta and bronze in Sydney. This was her last chance to complete the set! The 28-year-old from Canberra went hard from the start, very hard (and in hindsight perhaps, too hard) challenging her younger rival to try and catch her. <\/p>\n
Thomas was 0.60 seconds under world pace at the 50m, 0.61 seconds under at the 100m but just 0.09 seconds under at the 150m. But the Polish world record-holder was coming home faster and the momentum was with her. <\/p>\n
Jedrzejczak got to Thomas under the flags to touch in 2:06.05 and record a famous victory for Poland. Thomas finished in 2:06.36 while Japan\u2019s Yuko Nakanishi out-dueled American Kaitlin Sandeno, finishing just 0.14 of a second faster in 2:08.04 to take the bronze.<\/p>\n
Jedrzejczak said of her win, "it was great to win a medal, more important than a gold medal."<\/p>\n
Thomas felt she gave the race her all and had no regrets while Nakanishi was very emotional about her medal. "I can't believe it, I knew I had to work hard in the final fifty and I just gave it my best," she said.<\/p>\n
Women 200m Butterfly Finals<\/b>
\n Final <\/p>\n
Record Splits Name NOC Location Date
\nWR 2:05.78 28.79 1:00.79 1:33.14 JEDRZEJCZAK Otylia POL Berlin (GER) 04 AUG 2002
\nOR 2:05.88 28.38 59.91 1:32.44 HYMAN Misty USA Sydney (AUS) 20 SEP 2000 <\/p>\n
Event No: 17 <\/p>\n
Rank Lane Name NOC R.T. 50m 100m 150m Time Time
\nBehind
\n1 3 JEDRZEJCZAK Otylia POL 0.80 (2) 28.76 (2) 1:01.09
\n32.33 (2) 1:33.17
\n32.08 2:06.05
\n32.88
\n2 6 THOMAS Petria AUS 0.74 (1) 28.19 (1) 1:00.18
\n31.99 (1) 1:33.05
\n32.87 2:06.36
\n33.31 0.31
\n3 5 NAKANISHI Yuko JPN 0.72 (4) 29.14 (4) 1:01.79
\n32.65 (3) 1:35.10
\n33.31 2:08.04
\n32.94 1.99
\n4 4 SANDENO Kaitlin USA 0.78 (5) 29.32 (3) 1:01.72
\n32.40 (5) 1:35.36
\n33.64 2:08.18
\n32.82 2.13
\n5 2 GALVEZ Felicity AUS 0.90 (3) 29.09 (5) 1:01.88
\n32.79 (4) 1:35.20
\n33.32 2:09.28
\n34.08 3.23
\n6 8 JACOBSEN Mette DEN 0.91 (6) 29.50 (7) 1:02.16
\n32.66 (6) 1:35.97
\n33.81 2:10.01
\n34.04 3.96
\n7 1 CAVALLINO Paola ITA 0.85 (8) 29.90 (8) 1:02.64
\n32.74 (8) 1:36.24
\n33.60 2:10.14
\n33.90 4.09
\n8 7 RISZTOV Eva HUN 0.82 (7) 29.59 (6) 1:02.13
\n32.54 (7) 1:36.07
\n33.94 2:10.58
\n34.51 4.53<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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