Universiade Day 5
2011-08-18
Fabio Terrone
Connolly sets backstroke record and China a new 400 medley relay mark. Cseh wins 3rd individual title

SHENZHEN - Leading result at the 26th Universiade in Shenzhen, China, on Thursday.

US backstroker Jennifer Connolly set a new 50 metres backstroke Games record winning gold in 27.92 seconds, shaving 0.21s off her record, set in the semifinals.

Finally, the Chinese quartet of Gao Chang, Sun Ye, Lu Ying and Tang Yi, set a new women's 400 metres medley relay record of 3:59.15.

The previoius mark of 4:01.90 was set by USA in Belgrade 2009.

WOMEN

1500 FREESTYLE
1. Haley Anderson USA 16:21.72
2. Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid ESP 16:21.79
3. Lauren Boyle NZL 16:26.37

50 BACKSTROKE
1. Jennifer Connolly USA 27.92 GR
2. Aliaksandra Herasimenia BLR 27.93
3. Grace Loh AUS 28.37

200 BUTTERFLY
1. Jessica Dickons GBR 2:08.91
2. Natsumi Hoshi JPN 2:08.94
3. Hue Ra Choi KOR 2:09.35

4X100 MEDLEY RELAY
1. China CHN (Gao, Sun, Lu, Tang) 3:59.15 GR
2. Unites States USA (Connolly, Chandler, De Paul, Romano) 4:00.15
3. Japan JPN (Sakai, Suzuki, Fukuda Matsumoto) 4:00.98

MEN

400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Laszlo Cseh HUN 4:12.67
2. Yuya Horihata JPN 4:13.66
3. Willliam Harris USA 4:15.40

50 BREASTSTROKE
1. Glenn Snyders NZL 27.37
2. Joao Junior Gomes BRA 27.60
3. Mattia Pesce ITA 27.80

200 FREESTYLE
1. Matthew McLean USA 1:47.44
2. Clement Lefert FRA 1:47.78
3. Sho Uchida JPN 1:49.06

MEDAL TALLY

 

Note: two golds and no silvers were awarded for a dead-heat in the men's 200 metres breaststroke. Two bronze medals were awarded in the men’s 100m backstroke.

 

NOC G S B
USA 11 8 4
NZL 5 3 3
CHN 5 1 2
JPN 4 6 10
HUN 3 - -
AUS 2 1 4
LTU 2 - -
ESP 1 3 1
GBR 1 - -
ITA - 2 2
BRA - 2 1
BLR - 1 1
FRA - 1 1
KOR - 1 1
CAN - 1 -
ISR - 1 -
ROU - 1 -
UKR - 1 -
RUS - - 2
AUT - - 1