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Lioness Of Verona Federica Pellegrini Pounces At Last Stroke For 4th Bite By 0.04
- Updated: May 21, 2016
European Championships
London, Day 6
We’ve seen it before, the Lioness of Verona stalking her prey before pouncing. She cut it fine today but when Federica Pellegrini (ITA) started to motor 10m out as Femke Heemskerk (NED) started to show the first signs of vulnerability, the hunt was on. It looked life the defender had left it to late. Last stroke: whack – 1:55.93 to 1:55.97. The bronze went to Charlotte Bonnet (FRA), on 1:56.51.
Job done. The first successful defence of the day for Pellegrini, who celebrated a record fourth European 200m freestyle crown in a race that went without Sarah Sjostrom”, the Swedish sprinter who confirmed before she lefty for home that the 200m freestyle will be on her Rio 2016 roster.
Federica Pellegrini of Italy – by PBK
Sjostrom, fastest 200m freestyler at world titles last year with her relay lead-off, repeated the habit: she left London with a 1:55.30 championship record on the books from the 4x200m relay lead for Sweden two days ago, faster than the solo win today but without having taken on the four-lap fight.
Heemskerk set the pace, Pellegrini followed, Bonnet tried to stick like glue. The ebb and flow that led to another contribution to the Italian’s wish to be recalled as the greatest 200m free racer in history when the racing if finally done some day.
27.66; 57.10; 1;237.04; 1:55.93 (28.89) Pellegrini 27.02; 56.62; 1:26.50; 1:55.97 (29.47) Heemskerk 27.32; 56.75; 1:26.88; 1:56.61 (29.63) Bonnet
La Fede
Pellegrini holds records galore over 200m freestyle, including the world record of 1:52.98 from a time of shiny suits in 2009.
Since 2004, when she claimed Olympic silver at Athens 2004, Pellegrini has assembled the finest collection of 200m jewel in the …
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