Dreams of Gold
Jemma on brink of second Olympic spot
HARTLEPOOL-born swim star
Jemma Lowe continued her golden
week at the British Olympic
trials in Sheffield, smashing the
British record in qualifying for
the 100m butterfly.
Lowe, who was 18 on Monday,
had already booked her Beijing
berth after claiming gold on
Tuesday in the 200m butterfly.
After ducking under the required
Olympic standard time en
route to winning her heat last
night in the 100m, Lowe is in pole
position to claim a second Beijing
spot after qualifying fastest for
this morning's final.
"That was brilliant. I was really
confident going into the race
because the split that I did at the
Europeans the other week was
really good," said Lowe, who
recorded a time of 57.78.
"But I was still quite nervous
because I really wanted to get the
qualifying time. My aim going
into the race was to not think
about anything else but getting
the qualifying time.
"I was really pumped up because
I wanted it so badly. It's
been quite a week for me.
"I thought after the 200m when
I had a couple of days off, I just
wanted to get the race over and
done with. I've been nervous
about this meet for ten months.
"There are four of us with the
qualifying time now so I've still
got it all to do."
Meanwhile, South Shields'
Chris Cook, who landed gold in
the 100m breaststroke earlier this
week, missed out on the Olympic
qualifying time in the 200m
equivalent, finishing as the seventh
fastest for this morning's
final.
"It was all right - nothing
amazing really," said Cook, who
recorded a time of 2.16.41 minutes.
"I came for the 100m, got the
gold and this was just a bonus for
me.
"The 200m hasn't been going
massively well for me recently. I
didn't chase it as well as I should
have done. It was always a bonus
event for me."
10:57am Friday 4th April 2008
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