News / Hopes high for more medals
TEAM SHETLAND could be in line for more medals in the pool on Tuesday evening with many of the isles’ top swimmers qualifying for finals.
Hopes are also high for runner Emma Leask who starts in the final of the women’s 400 metre.
Meanwhile Shetland’s top cyclist Christine Mclean was unsuccessful in defending her Isles of Wight gold medal in the women’s individual time trial.
She came fourth in a time of 57:48.458, half a second behind Susanna Sørensen from the Faroe Islands, who came third, and winner Ann Bowditch, from Guernsey, who completed the time trial in 57:29.660.
Carlos Riise came sixth in the men’s individual time trial in a time of 1:00:53.519.
All eyes however will be on the National Sports Centre pool with Shetland swimmers represented in nine of the eleven finals starting from 9.30pm British time.
Competing are:
- Anne Hutchison and Kate Jones in the women’s 800m freestyle;
- Donnie Price and Felix Gifford in the men’s 400m individual medley;
- Calum MacColl in the men’s 100m butterfly;
- Jake Swanson in the men’s 50m breaststroke;
- Amy Harper in the women’s 50m butterfly;
- Felix Gifford in the men’s 200m freestyle;
- Andrea Strachan in the women’s 200m individual medley;
- Felix Gifford, Calum MacColl, Callum MacGregor and Jake Swanson in the men’s 4 x 50m freestyle relay;
- Amy Harper, Emmie Hutchison, Megan Petursdottir and Andrea Strachan in the women’s 4 x 50m medley relay.
A spokesman said: “More finals to look forward to tonight; Donnie & Felix in the 400IM, Calum MacColl gets a second swim in the final of the 100fly due to swimmer withdrawal.
“Amy is 4th fastest qualifier going into tonight’s final of the 50fly. Felix qualified 3rd fastest for tonight’s 200m freestyle and Andrea is the second fastest into tonight’s final of the 200IM.
“Jake will be the final of the 50 breaststroke. The boys were the fastest qualifiers for tonight’s final of the 4×50 freestyle relay. The girls will also be in action in the 4×50 medley. Going to be a busy night!!
“There were also big performances in the 800m freestyle from Anne Hutchison and Kate Jones Kate improved her time by over one minute and Anne by 50 seconds.”
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