China win two more bronzes, United States top medal tally at Universiade
15/8/2005 11:55
China won two more swimming bronze medals at the 23rd Universiade while
the United States overtook Poland to lead the tally in Izmir , Turkey on
Sunday.
Qi, world champion (short-course) in the women's 200m breaststroke,
bagged a bronze medal in the discipline, clocking 2:27.94. Japanese Megumi
Taneda took the gold medal at 2:27.81, and Rebecca Soni of the United States
finished runner-up at 2:27.84.
"I'm feeling good and to swim within 2:18 is
tolerable," the 20-year-old said, "My opponent has raised her personal best." As
Qi said, winner Megumi Taneda has bettered her personal best by about one
second.
"But I'm gonna take my chance in tomorrow's 400m individual medley,"
Qi added. Zhao Tao, rookie in the University Games, finished third at 2:01.29 in
the men's 200m individual medley, behind American Eric Shanteau and Vytautas
Janusaitis of Lithuania, separately at meet-record times of 2:00.13 and
2:00.98.
"I felt more pressure here than at the Olympics and the World
Championships, " Zhao said in smile, "Anyway, it's my first time to compete in
the Universiade, it's a good start."
The 18-year-old tipped his competition
here as part of his preparation for the 10th National Games, which will kick off
in October 2005 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
In the women's 400m freestyle,
Romanian Camelia Potec touched home first at 4:10.88, followed by Briton Becky
Cooke at 4:12.11 and Canadian Chanelle Charron-Watson at 4:13.27. Americans
lorded over the women's 4X200m freestyle relay at 8:05.92, edging New Zealand
into second place at 8:09.09. The bronze medal went to France at
8:09.50.
Another new Universiade record came in the men's 50m backstroke with
Briton Liam Tancock timing in 25.50 for the gold. Min Sung of South Korea
finished runner-up at 25.59, and American Matthew Grevers came third at
25.61.
Gold medal in the men's 100m breaststroke went to Oleg Lisogor of
Ukraine at 1:00.73. Kevin Swander of the United States ranked second at 1:01.74
while Japanese Makoto Yamashita took away bronze at 1:01.79. In the remaining
men's 100m freestyle, Russia led a 1-2 finish through Evgeny Lagunov and Andrey
Kapralov, at 49.52 and 49.70. Italian Alessandro Calvi clocked at 49.90,
securing a bronze.
With four golds, three silvers and three bronzes in hand,
the United States topped the medal table, followed by Poland with four golds and
one bronze, and Britain with two golds and three silvers.
Xinhua News
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