Swimming: Benson shows steel in Sheffield
The 19-year-old Edinburgh-based swimmer finished sixth in the men’s 50 metre breaststroke final, clocking 28.17 seconds, nearly half a second behind winner Daniel Sliwinski. But the short splash and dash distance is not his speciality and a personal best underlined he was in the form to tackle his primary challenges at Ponds Forge this week.
“I swam a personal best so I can’t complain,” said Benson, who finished sixth in the Olympic 100m breaststroke semi-final last year. “I have been working more on the back end of my 200m and my 100m this season, so I had not been focusing on my speed as much and to PB in the 50m is great. Ultimately though I am really looking at performing better in the 200m and 100m. I wasn’t too sure how my speed was going to be coming into this but it seems to be really good.
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