Lauren Boyle is having a fantastic swimming world championships, and has won a second bronze medal; the Herald reports:
Lauren Boyle claimed her second bronze medal with a remarkable swim in the 1500m freestyle on day three of finals at the Fine World Championships in Barcelona overnight.
Boyle produced a stunning 15:44.71, just outside the old world record, to win the bronze medal behind American Katie Ledecky, who set a new world record of 15:36.53 after a dogfight with Denmark's Lotte Friis.
Not only did Ms Boyle distinguish herself with a medal, but she has knocked her previous personal best for the event out of the ballpark; read on:
Boyle has taken more than 30 seconds off her previous best over the 1500m over her heat and final.
An improvement of more than 30 seconds in this event is outstanding; that's more than one second per length of the pool!
And Lauren Boyle's best may yet be to come. Her bronze medals in the 400m and 1500m events (New Zealand's first since the heady days of Olympic gold medallist Danyon Loader) are a wonderful achievement, but her best event is yet to come; the 800m freestyle. Here's hoping that her two earlier events haven't taken the edge off her performances.
Congratulations Lauren Boyle!
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