| 24th
August COGST
swimmer Rebecca Cooke (right) won
the World University Games 800m
Freestyle today (Sunday 24th August)
in Daegu, South Korea in a new World
University Games Record time of
8:33.84s.
Rebecca,
a student at Glasgow University,
took the gold just under two seconds
ahead of Hua Chen from China with
Olga Beresnyeva from the Ukraine in
third. |
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Duryu pool, Daegu,
South Korea
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Rebecca
has a tough schedule over the next few days,
also competing in the 400 and 1500m
freestyle, 400m individual medley and the
4x200m freestyle relay. Return to this page
soon for details of her other events. |
26th August Rebecca
wins the
400m title at the Games in Daegu. The Glasgow
swimmer took her second title of the World
University Games again holding off
the challenge of the Chinese
swimmer, Hua Chen.
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28th
August Rebecca takes
bronze in the
400m individual medley. Yana
Klochkova (Ukraine) the 400IM world
record holder took gold with Maiko
Fujino (Japan) in the silver medal
position.
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29th
August Rebecca
finishes the Games in style, winning the
1500m title in a new World
University Games and British Record
time of 16:14.70! The Glasgow
swimmer took her third title of the Games holding off
the challenge of US swimmers,
Adrienne Binder and Lauren Costella.
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Details
of all Rebecca's swims are shown below.
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| Event |
Heats |
Final |
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| 800 Free (HDW) |
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1st |
8:33.84 # |
| 400 Free |
2nd |
4:15.13 |
1st |
4:11.23 |
| 400 IM |
4th |
4:53.31 |
3rd |
4:48.59 |
| 1500m Free
(HDW) |
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1st |
16:14.70## |
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#
World
Universities Games record #
British
Record
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