Douglass commits world gold to stricken US after ‘rough’ week

Kate Douglass committed her 200m breaststroke gold Friday to her team-mates after a “rough” week for the United States battling disease at swimming’s world championships in Singapore.The US group have

been struck by a break out of acute gastroenteritis in the camp, with group officials saying the “overwhelming bulk “of swimmers have actually been affected.Advertisement Douglass comfortably won her race in a championship-record 2min 18.50

sec, with Russian world record holder Evgeniia Chikunova(2:19.96 )second and South Africa’s Kaylene Corbett(2:23.52)third.Despite their troubles the US lead Australia in the medals table with two more days of competition left and Olympic champ Douglass stated she mored than happy to make a contribution.” That win was huge, not simply for me but for the entire group,” stated the 23-year-old.”I wished to get a gold for Group U.S.A. to assist our medal count.

“I believe with the rough week that we’ve had, we have actually done a fantastic task of coming back and revealing that we are here to race.”Ad Douglass took control of the last early and never looked like giving up her lead, in spite of a late rise from Chikunova.The Russian was competing under a” neutral professional athletes”

banner and Douglass said she was” actually excited to race her tonight”.”I seemed like we were both going to press each other to be much better,”stated the American.”

Honestly, if I wasn’t racing her I don’t understand if I would have gone 2:18. I think that really pushed me to be my best.

“Likewise on Friday, Torri Huske got bronze for the Americans in the 100m freestyle

, behind winner Marrit Steenbergen and Mollie O’Callaghan in silver.Advertisement It was Huske’s second medal of the week after

winning silver with the US ladies’s 4x100m freestyle relay group.”I’ve never ever had such a roller coaster of a satisfy,”stated Huske, who withdrew ill from a previous race

.”I am actually happy with that swim which I had the ability to get back to sort of normal.”amk/pst