Britain's golden girl Rebecca Adlington continued to impress as she won
her second gold medal of the British Gas Swimming Championships in the
200m Freestyle.
The event proved to be one of the closest battles of the competition
with all girls qualifying for the final within one second of each other.
At the halfway point Keri-anne Payne was leading the field and with 50m
to go it was Jo Jackson that led the way but Adlington timed her race to
perfection and began to come through with just 25m to go.
The double Olympic Champion touched out the field in a time of 1:58.90.
"That felt good to win in what was a packed, world class field and it
just shows how strong our 4x200m relay can be," Adlington said. "To get
six girls all under two minutes is a great achievement.
"That's my second title of the British Gas Championships and I still
have the 800m to go so this week so far has been very good for me."
Jazmin Carlin won the silver in a time of 1:59.03 and bronze went to
Payne in 1:59.42.
The 200m Butterfly saw Ellen Gandy secure the fastest time just ahead of
Jemma Lowe. Gandy touched in 2:07.76 and Lowe finished in 2:08.82.
British Gas ITC Swansea swimmer Georgia Davies qualified fastest in the
women's 50m Backstroke with a time of 28.77.
