Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Swimming: Hersey fastest in 200 metres butterfly heats
LONDON (Reuters) - American Kathleen Hersey outpaced Chinese world champion Jiao Liuyang to top the qualifiers for the women's 200 metres butterfly at the London Olympics on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Hersey plowed her way through four laps of the Aquatics Centre in a time of two minutes, 06.41 seconds to advance to the semi-finals as the top seed.
Kathleen Hersey of the U.S. checks her time after winning heat 4 of the women's 200m butterfly event during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre July 31, 2012. REUTERS/Michael DalderJiao easily won her heat in 2:07.15 to finish second overall while Britain's Jemma Lowe was third fastest.
China's Liu Zige, the reigning world record holder, was 11th overall but Britain's Ellen Gandy, a silver medallist at last year's world championships, missed out on the semi-finals after finishing 17th.
Only the top 16 advanced to Tuesday's semi-finals, from which the eight fastest will move through to Wednesday's final.
(Reporting by Julian Linden; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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