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Thursday, 26 August 2010
Bolton School swimmer Emma Saunders has been selected for the
England team for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in
October.
Emma has the chance to represent her country at five events
after being nominated for the 100m and 200m individual freestyle,
4x100m and 4x200m relay teams, and the 50m backstroke events.
Whether she competes in all the events depends on the timing of
the programme, but Emma was delighted when she got the news,
saying: "It was my aim and I had to go out there to get the times
to carry it out". Realistically a final place would be a great
achievement in the individual events but she has high hopes of a
medal in the relays. Emma will join former Bolton School
pupil and British swimmer Daniel Sliwinski on the team.
Emma trains for two and a half hours nine times a week at the
Manchester Aquatic Club, but she is still a member at Horwich
Leisure Centre Swim team, where she began her career. Emma made her
mark earlier in the month when she won a haul of four medals at the
European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki. She took gold
in the 50metres backstroke in a time of 29.01secs to break the
European junior record and set a British age-group record. Not
content with taking the individual title, she helped the Great
Britain team scoop three silver medals in the 4x100m and 4x200m
freestyle relay and the 100m medley relay.
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