The Black Informant | African American Commentary, News and Community Building

“Correia (pictured) a multi-medal winner, known for her great relay performances, finally had her shot for an individual medal in the 50 meter freestyle. Her morning performance was the best out of the field, going in top seed for the finals that night, Correia’s odds of winning a medal were high. “I wanted to be the fastest for tonight. I didn’t get a good start. This afternoon, I’m going to work on my starts and hopefully turn my race around, but I got a good lane, so that’s good.”

…”The 50 freestyle is one of the hardest races to swim, where everything aspect of the race needs to be perfect; the start, the finish, knowing when to breathe, and knowing how to control your body position throughout the race, can add hundredths or tenths to your time. Correia, an American Record holder in the 50 yard freestyle, held all of these fundamentals together to get her first individual international gold medal with the winning time of 25.38 only 0.23 seconds off of her best time, winning the event by less than a tenth of a second. Swimming one of the last events on the last day was a great way to finish the meet for Correia adding another gold medal for the United States. “(more…)