Great Britain storm to victory over Germany
21 Feb 2010
The British Swimming team, powered by British Gas stormed to a 98 point victory in the British Gas Great Britain v Germany Swim Meet in Swansea.
A number of impressive performances saw Great Britain score a total of 207 points as Germany scored a total of 109 points.
Rebecca Adlington looked good in the women’s 800m Freestyle on her way to winning full points for the Great British team.
Adlington had a strong start and began pulling away from the field at the 150m mark. Aimee Willmott was the only athlete to stick with the double Olympic Champion as the 16-year-old looked to continue her good form into today’s competition.
The World record holder extended her lead and put the race out of touch of the other competitors at the half way point.
Willmott was swimming well but found herself chased down by Isabelle Haerle (Germany) in the latter part of the race. Adlington touched home in 8:42.46 and Willmott secured second place with a good finish in a time of 8:46.78.
Haerle finished third in 8:48.10.
Jazmin Carlin went into the women’s 200m Freestyle with confidence after beating Rebecca Adlington and Jo Jackson in the 400m Freestyle on the first day.
Carlin lined up next to Jackson and both Brits got good starts and were swimming stroke for stroke for the first 100m
The World bronze medallist took the lead at the final turn and touched home in 1:59.40. Jackson claimed second in 2:00.48 and the third place went to Germany’s Silke Lippok in 2:02.13.
World Champion Paul Biedermann came from behind to take the win in the men’s 200m Freestyle and secured vital points for Gemany.
Britain’s Ross Davenport enjoyed the best start of the race and he was ahead of Biedermann at the half way mark.
Biedermann had an excellent final turn as he moved ahead of Davenport and extended his lead on the final 50m.
The German World record holder touched in 1:47.56 and Davenport took second place in 1:49.24.
Third place went to Robbie Renwick in 1:52.48.
David Davies dominated the men’s 1,500m Freestyle after winning five points for the British team and helped them step closer to victory in this competition.
Davies didn’t have the best start but soon started to show his experience as he pulled ahead of the other athletes.
At the 4oom mark Davies held a two second lead and was looking powerful with his stroke and won the race in a time of 15:34.81.
Team-mate Daniel Fogg battled past Jan Wolfgarten for second place but the Brit secured the three points after touching in 15:44.45. Wolfgarten finished in 15:52.29.
Elizabeth Simmonds continued her good form into the final day of competition with victory in the women’s 100m Backstroke.
Simmonds was the first to turn as she stormed through the water on her first 50m. She extended her lead in the final 50m and touched in 1:00.10.
The second place was taken by Georgia Davies in 1:03.72 and third was secured by Germany’s Alexandra Wenk in 1:04.20.
World Champion Liam Tancock swam an excellent race in the men’s 100m Backstroke as he sealed the win for Great Britain in a time of 55.30.
Tancock enjoyed his usual powerful first 50m and after some work through the winter continued his power in the last leg of the pool to touch home first.
The fight for second place was between Chris Walker-Hebborn and Matt Clay and it was down to the final touch as Walker-Hebborn reached for the wall first in 56.80.
Clay finished in 57.03.
Fran Halsall won the first race of the day as she touched first in the women’s 50m Butterfly after she beat Germany’s Lisa Vitting into second place.
Halsall led the race from the start and looked strong at the half way point and continued to hold her body length lead until the finish. She touched in 26.92.
Vitting finished in 27.79 and Great Britain’s Louise Pate took third place in 28.00.
Halsall went on to win the women’s 50m Freestyle in a time of 25.27 ahead of Germany’s 25.45 and Britain’s Amy Smith who finished in 25.93.
The men’s 50m Freestyle was won by Olympian Steffen Deibler (Germany) in a time of 22.76. Brit Grant Turner finished second in 22.99 and Christoph Fildebrandt took third place in 23.38.
Michael Jamieson and Darren Mew secured the top two spots in the men’s 100m Breaststroke after swimming close to each other throughout the race.
Jamieson took the victory in 1:02.32 and Mew finished in 1:02.94. Germany’s Hendrik Feldwehr touched in 1:03.09.
The women’s 200m Butterfly saw Jessica Dickons swim well to win five points for Great Britain with a swim that saw her finish in 2:12.42.
Emma Smithurst was behind Dickons in a time of 2:13.82 and Germany’s Franziska Hentke took third place in 2:15.96.
Joe Roebuck won the men’s 200m Butterfly with a strong performance which saw him battling with Germany’s Toni Embacher for the win.
Roebuck touched first in 2:00.60 with Embacher taking second in 2:01.76. Third place went to Felix Wolf in 2:05.42.
Germany’s Steffen Deibler took the victory in the men’s 50m Butterfly with a strong swim that saw him have almost a second lead over the field.
Deibler touched home in 23.87 and Antony James finished second in 24.58. Germany’s Johannes Dietrich finished third in 25.01.
The women’s 100m Breaststroke was won by Caroline Ruhnau after a strong swim in a time of 1:10.52. Lowri Tynan was close behind her in a time of 1:11.04 and Georgia Holderness touched in 1:11.49.
Theresa Michalak (Germany) won the women’s 200m Individual Medley in a time of 2:17.09 after touching ahead of Britain’s Aimee Willmott who touched in a time of 2:18.09. Alexandra Wenk finished third in 2:19.93.
Yannick Lebherz stormed to victory in the men’s 200m Individual Medley after touching ahead of team-mate Dimitri Columpaev. Lebherz touched in 2:03.52 and Columpaev finished in 2:04.05. Third place went to Tim Wallburger in 2:06.34.
The 4x100m Freestyle relays closed the British Gas Great Britain v Germany Swim Meet and they saw the Great Britain team win both races with excellent swims. Amy Smith anchored the Brits in the women’s race in a time of 3:43.60. Liam Tancock brought the boys home in a time of 3:19.89.
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