Swimming: Terakawa lays down Olympic marker
Japan’s Aya Terakawa clocked the world’s second fastest time of the season to win the women’s 100 metres backstroke.
TOKYO:
Japan’s Aya Terakawa clocked the world’s second fastest time of the season to win the women’s 100 metres backstroke at the Japan Open Swimming Championships. The world 50m silver-medallist, who set a new Japanese record at the national championships in April to qualify for the Olympics, improved on it with a time of 59.08 seconds. “I’m happy because I hadn’t expected to swim a personal best,” said Terakawa.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 27th, 2012.
Japan’s Aya Terakawa clocked the world’s second fastest time of the season to win the women’s 100 metres backstroke at the Japan Open Swimming Championships. The world 50m silver-medallist, who set a new Japanese record at the national championships in April to qualify for the Olympics, improved on it with a time of 59.08 seconds. “I’m happy because I hadn’t expected to swim a personal best,” said Terakawa.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 27th, 2012.