Swimming: Golden girl Hannah Miley back for more in Istanbul
HANNAH MILEY was set to return to the Sinan Erdem Dome today after holding off Olympic champion Ye Shiwen to win the 400 metres individual medley at the World Short-Course Championships in Istanbul.
The Garioch swimmer collected Great Britain’s first gold of the five-day event with Jemma Lowe claiming bronze in the 200m butterfly.
Fourth after the butterfly and backstroke legs last night, Miley produced a superb breaststroke to turn first going into the freestyle, 2.04 seconds ahead of Ye.
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Hide AdHowever, as expected, Ye came back and on her final 25m of 28.14sec – the only sub 29-second last length in the field – she reeled Miley in.
The Scot, though, held off her rival by 0.19sec to win in a new championship record of four minutes 23.14sec, bettering her own mark from the European titles last month.