For Rice it is twice as nice after 200 medley gold
August 14, 2008
In the women’s 200m individual medley Stephanie Rice has out sprinted Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry down the final 50m to win her second gold medal at the Beijing Olympic swimming meet.
Rice turned a 0.09 deficit to Coventry at the final turn into a 0.14 winning margin. To give Rice something extra to celebrate she also lowered the world record she set at the Australian Olympic swim team trials in March. The new world record is 2:08.45.
In the final lap Rice swam the freestyle leg in 30.09 seconds compared to Coventry’s 30.32. It was only in the last few metres where Rice moved to the lead in this exciting race.
Katie Hoff who was once again expected to challenge for the gold did not live up to expectations and was squeezed out of third place by her USA teammate Natalie Coughlin.
Rice has done as best as expected at the Beijing Olympics. She has taken the individual medley double winning both titles in world record time. She can now let her hair down and enjoy the remaining days at the Olympics.
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