LIBBY Trickett was beaten in the final of the 100m freestyle, taking the silver medal behind German Britta Steffen.
Trickett, who scraped into the final only after a disqualification the day before when she was ninth fastest in the semi finals, led at the halfway mark but could not hold off the fast-finishing Steffen over the last ten metres. Steffen swam a new Olympic record of 53.12sec to defeat Trickett by only .04sec.Trickett swam .28sec outside her personal best of 52.88sec which is the world record. After the race, a smiling Trickett acknowledged she was lucky to be in the final after yesterday's disastrous semi swim. "I'm human, I make mistakes," Trickett said. "You see heroes like Michael Phelps get up and you think it's easy - it's not. I'm so pleased - I was lucky to make it so the fact that I had another opportunity, I'm very thankful for."
Trickett, who scraped into the final only after a disqualification the day before when she was ninth fastest in the semi finals, led at the halfway mark but could not hold off the fast-finishing Steffen over the last ten metres. Steffen swam a new Olympic record of 53.12sec to defeat Trickett by only .04sec.Trickett swam .28sec outside her personal best of 52.88sec which is the world record. After the race, a smiling Trickett acknowledged she was lucky to be in the final after yesterday's disastrous semi swim. "I'm human, I make mistakes," Trickett said. "You see heroes like Michael Phelps get up and you think it's easy - it's not. I'm so pleased - I was lucky to make it so the fact that I had another opportunity, I'm very thankful for."
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