Palmer hits semi hard, but misses final in eleventh

Three Kiwis raced in Rome over night with Hayley Palmer the only one to progress to the semis in her favored 100 Free with a 54.10sec swim.

Palmer hit the wall first in the semi with a strong first 50, but with some of the worlds best racing in the middle she couldn't hold out to finish inside the qualifying for the final.

Palmer's race semi was a better race than her heat giving her an eleventh rank overall for the race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG923j_53hQ

Fellow Kiwi swimmer Kurt Bassett swam well and missed the semis by less than a second coming in 20th with a 1:58.46 in his 200 Back stroke.

Breaststroker Glenn Snyders was disqualified in the 200 breast.

Tomorrow Corney Swanepoel and Moss Burmester compete in the 100m butterfly.

Other news from the day

Cesar Filho Cielo, 22 of Brazil, entered history becoming the first Brazilian to win a gold medal in swimming at the world champs and being the first man in history to crack 47sec for the 100 free in 46.91.

Libby Trickett dominated the Women’s 100m Freestyle Semifinals.

American Ryan Lochte took gold medal and another world record off Michael Phelps in the 200m Medley

In the Women’s 200m Breaststroke Semifinals, Canadian Pierse preceded American Soni, set a new World record, while in the Women’s 200m Butterfly Australian Jessicah Schipper stamped her mark.

In the Men’s 200m Breaststroke, Sprenger looked strong while, Zhao took the Women’s 50m Backstroke.

Aaron Peirsol clawed back his Men’s 200m Backstroke semi with the leading time.

China won the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle with theUSA and Great Britain also on the podium.

20 8 BASSETT Kurt NZL
27.60
57.13 29.53
1:27.25 30.12
1:58.46 31.21

9 8 SNYDERS Glenn NZL
DSQ