{"id":16028,"date":"2023-07-24T13:08:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/?post_type=news-sport&p=16028"},"modified":"2023-07-24T13:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:11:43","slug":"maggie-mac-neil-wins-silver-medal-at-fukuoka-2023","status":"publish","type":"news-sport","link":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/maggie-mac-neil-wins-silver-medal-at-fukuoka-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGGIE MAC NEIL WINS SILVER MEDAL AT FUKUOKA 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Canadian swimmer and ambassador of Team Panam Sports reached the podium in the 100m butterfly and gave her country its first medal at the World Aquatics Championships being held in Japan.<\/b><\/p>\n
Team USA also earned its first gold medal at the championships thanks to the great performance of Kate Douglass in the 200m individual medley.<\/b><\/p>\n
On the second day of swimming competitions at the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships, eyes were set on one of the most attractive events thanks to the highly competitive level of each athlete.<\/p>\n
The best swimmers in the world reached the final, among them a duet duel that was eagerly awaited in the aquatics world between Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion and Team Panam Sports ambassador Margaret Mac Neil and the talented Chinese swimmer, Zhang Yufei.<\/p>\n
And just as everyone predicted, the race was truly spectacular. It was a test of speed and endurance in the Fukuoka pool that was determined by mere hundredths of a second.<\/p>\n
First place and the gold medal went to Yufei who finished with a time of 56.12 seconds, followed by Mac Neil from Canada in 56.45 and Torri Huske of the U.S. in 56.61 to finish third.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
The Panam Sports ambassador for Santiago 2023 delivered an excellent performance. Despite finishing the first 50 meters in fifth place, Maggie had an amazing recovery to touch the wall in a well-deserved second place to add a new medal in her extensive sports resume.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo good, it\u2019s great get my first medal out of the way and I\u2019m really happy with second. So definitely now the focus is more on the relays. It\u2019s crazy, it\u2019s only my third worlds so I feel like I still have a lot to learn and I\u2019m still kinda new to this so definitely a lot to learn in all aspects,\u201d Mac Neil said following her competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
The Olympic champion also took the opportunity to dedicate the victory to her family that supports her so much. \u201cShoutout to my mom, dad and Clara, hi, I love you guys so much can\u2019t wait to get home to you. To my aunt and uncle and all my cousins watching, I love you guys so much. And all my old teachers and anyone I\u2019ve ever come across, old coaches and everything, you all mean the world to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
In other results, Team USA won a gold thanks to the excellent race by Kate Douglass in the 200m individual medley.<\/p>\n
At the end of the competition Kate was very happy with this result: “I’m very happy about that race. I really just wanted to get gold for Team USA tonight and I’m very happy that I did. I think this year I just tried to conserve a little more energy in the preliminaries, and I think I did a great job with that. I was ready to compete tonight.”<\/p>\n
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