The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Coventry wins gold, lowers own world record at FINA World Championships
08.01.2009 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Aug. 1, 2009
ROME -- University of Texas volunteer assistant women's swimming and diving coach Kirsty Coventry lowered her own world record and won the gold medal in the 200-meter backstroke Saturday afternoon on day seven of the 2009 FINA World Championships.
Representing her native Zimbabwe, Coventry finished the event in 2 minutes, 4.81 seconds and edged Russia's Anastasia Zueva, who won the silver in 2:04.94. Coventry's pre-existing world record stood at 2:05.24, a mark she set on her way to gold at the Beijing Olympics.
Coventry continues to train under Texas head women's swimming and diving coach Kim Brackin.
