2011 Best Performances (Long Course - Male)

400 METRES IND.MEDLEY

#	Country		Time	Name	IPS	Meet
1		USA	4:07.13	Lochte, Ryan	1004	WORLDJUL
2		USA	4:11.17	Clary, Scott Tyler	981	WORLDJUL
3		HUN	4:11.22	Cseh, Laszlo	980	BARCJUN
4		CHN	4:11.61	Wang, Shun	978	CHNLCSEP
5		HUN	4:11.71	Verraszto, David	978	BARCJUN

Eva Fabian, disqualified for missing a turn in the 10km at world titles in Roberval, collected her first gold medal and the first in open water for the US since Perth 1998, over 5km today. Second in the 10km, Georgia Consiglio (ITA) took her second silver, with bronze going to Ann Marcela Cunha (BRA). The race unfolded in sub-20C temperatures in Lac-St-Jean.

Fabian won with a fabulous finish by just 0.1 in 1:02.01.0. Her success represented the first gold medal for an American swimmer in the 5K since Erica Rose emerged victorious in 1998 and first gold all round since then, American Tobie Smith having won the 25k criwn in 1998. Cunha finished 1.7sec behind Consiglio.

Fabian's father and coach, Jack, told FINA press reporter Gregory Eggert: "Eva was inspired after the 10K disqualification.  She swam today's race the way she wanted to.  We weren't sure it was going to work and honestly she doesn't have that much experience with 5K racing having swum only her third a month ago in Long Beach, CA (USA) to qualify for the World Championship team.  Today she swam a front end strategy and we weren't sure it was going to work, some people told us it doesn't always work and others told us that it never works!  Apparently we were lucky because it sure worked today." 

The swimmer added: " It was really good today.  The start was really fast.  I had attempted to make a breakaway a few times but I wasn't able to get away from everyone.  I was pretty tired but I made sure I had plenty left for the sprint at the finish.  The water was really nice today, a perfect temperature.  I made sure that I was on the right side of buoy No4, the one I missed the other day.  It was a tough race and I felt the waves give me trouble.  Some of the waves were bigger than me, but it was a great race and a great finish.  It was my best sprint ever and I am really happy with how I swam today."

USA Head Coach Mike Gobrecht Obrecht put the win down to "mental toughness" and the ability to finish fast and smart. Her [Eva] performance today has convinced me that you have to work on your finish in order to be successful.  What you do in the last two or three strokes is the difference between earning a medal and not earning a medal."

Consiglio's success marked Italy's fourth medal. Italian coach Emanualle Sachhi said: "This lake is very kind to us this week; 4 medals and 3 races which is very good for Italy.  For Giorgia it was very important to continue to swim strong after her 10k medal, today her race was perfect." 

Results: WOMEN 5K  20 July