Sarah Milne, Team GB’s lone badminton player continued her one hundred percent record by overpowering Austria’s Alexandra Mathis 21-11, 21-20. After her victory, which means she progresses onto face a Dutch opponent in the quarter finals on Tuesday.
Milne said: “It’s great to be through but I am not going to look too far ahead or concentrate on who I am playing in the next round. It doesn’t matter who I am playing really, I need to make sure I am playing my best and then hopefully I can get myself to where I want to be and that is challenging for medals.”
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Team GB’s swimmers entered the pool for the first time today, however, where unable to progress through their heats. Rachael Kelly was 12th fastest in the 200m butterfly with a time of 2:16.95 while Sheffield swimmer Ellie Faulkner placed 20th fastest in the 100m freestyle in a time of 58.71 seconds.
Faulkner, who is strongest in the longer distance events said: “It was a good swim for me and I am pleased with how it went even though I didn’t make the semi-finals. I have learned how to deal with the nerves a bit now so I am taking a lot of positives from the event for the rest of the week.” Kelly added: “It could have been better and it could have been worse today but I am confident I will get better over the next few days and hopefully produce some good swims and keep improving throughout the rest of the competition.”
At the top of the day Scottish triathlete Andrew Hood achieved his goal of a top-15 finish. Tennis player Oliver Golding followed up his outstanding singles victory from day one with a 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 (tie-break decider) win in the mixed nations doubles whilst Loughborough based Triple European junior Gold medallist Sam Oldham continued to show the breadth of his quality in artistic gymnastics this evening. Sam placed second overall in the all round final, alongside qualifying for four individual apparatus finales: pommel horse, high bar, parallel bars and the floor.
Stacey Francis, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine
