Rudin and Coates win gold and silver at World Juniors

Britain celebrated their first medals of the FINA World Junior Championships in emphatic fashion with gold and silver both coming in the Women’s 400m Individual Medley thanks to Rosie Rudin and Georgia Coates.

Rudin set a new World Junior and Championship Record on day one in Singapore to take the gold in 4:39.01 while team-mate Coates was less than a second behind in silver.

At the end of the first leg Rudin was trailing at the back of the field but kept her composure to stick to her race plan. She hit the front before the half way point and then took the race all the way to the wall for the gold.

Cameron Kurle was also in finals action and came very close to a podium finish. In the Men’s 400m Freestyle Kurle eventually came fifth in a tight finish just 3/100s of a second outside of the medals.

Katie Matts (W 50m Breaststroke), Luke Greenbank (M 100m Backstroke) and Charlie Attwood (M 100m Breaststroke) all safely negotiated themselves through the rounds for a place in their respective finals tomorrow night.

The British Team comprises:

Charlie Attwood  Taunton Deane SC

Thomas Fannon  Plymouth Leander SC

Luke Greenbank  Cockermouth SC

Joe Hulme  Plymouth Leander SC

Cameron Kurle  Millfield

Martyn Walton Hatfield

Georgia Coates  City of Leeds

Chloe Finch  City of Birmingham

Holly Hibbott  Stockport Metro SC

Katie Matts  Stockport Metro SC

Rosie Rudin  Nova Centurion

Laura Stephens  Plymouth Leander SC

Swimming news courtesy of British Swimming.

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