U.S. swimmer daughter, Missy Franklin, the first woman able to grab six gold medals at the world championships after winning the 4x100-meter medley relay on Sunday (04/08/2013).
In the world championships which take place on the island of Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, the U.S. team won with a time of 3 minutes 52.23 seconds. Silver fell to the Australian team which 0.99 seconds adrift and Russia captured the bronze 3:24 seconds adrift.
Franklin melangkapi previous gold medal he earned in the 100 and 200 meter backstroke, 200 meter freestyle, and 4x100 meter and 4x200 meter freestyle relay.
"All of this rigorous training results. Yet now all is over and we are very satisfied," said Franklin, who plans to study at the University of California, Berkeley this year. "I'll take a break for two and a half weeks to take care of the school in Berkeley."
With this result, Franklin surpassed the record previously held by Tracy Caulkins (USA) and Libby Trickett (Australia) with five gold medals. Women athletes who won gold medals in major championships are the biggest East German athlete, Kristin Otto, with 6 gold medals at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
However, the success of the U.S. women relay team failed to follow the men's team. Although U.S. swimmer Nathan Adrian was able to touch the finish in first place, the U.S. team disqualified because the swimmer is considered a streamlined Kevin Cordes (sliding) is too far from the allowed.
Gold finally fall to the French team with a time of 3 minutes 31.51 seconds, silver falling to Australia by a margin of 12:13 seconds and Japan got the bronze with 0.75 seconds behind the French.
In the world championships which take place on the island of Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, the U.S. team won with a time of 3 minutes 52.23 seconds. Silver fell to the Australian team which 0.99 seconds adrift and Russia captured the bronze 3:24 seconds adrift.
Franklin melangkapi previous gold medal he earned in the 100 and 200 meter backstroke, 200 meter freestyle, and 4x100 meter and 4x200 meter freestyle relay.
"All of this rigorous training results. Yet now all is over and we are very satisfied," said Franklin, who plans to study at the University of California, Berkeley this year. "I'll take a break for two and a half weeks to take care of the school in Berkeley."
With this result, Franklin surpassed the record previously held by Tracy Caulkins (USA) and Libby Trickett (Australia) with five gold medals. Women athletes who won gold medals in major championships are the biggest East German athlete, Kristin Otto, with 6 gold medals at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
However, the success of the U.S. women relay team failed to follow the men's team. Although U.S. swimmer Nathan Adrian was able to touch the finish in first place, the U.S. team disqualified because the swimmer is considered a streamlined Kevin Cordes (sliding) is too far from the allowed.
Gold finally fall to the French team with a time of 3 minutes 31.51 seconds, silver falling to Australia by a margin of 12:13 seconds and Japan got the bronze with 0.75 seconds behind the French.
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