Sentence examples for backstroke heat from inspiring English sources

She chuckled as she said it; she had just finished recounting her feverish backstroke heat — "The whole thing just felt like crap.

I've seen spectators shake their heads in astonishment while Coughlin is underwater during a backstroke heat, or grab each other and gesture excitedly at the pool.

Photograph: Stephen Pond/PA 11.11am BST Ryan Lochte of the US swims to a first place finish in his men's 200m backstroke heat.

It was so very nearly a fairytale introduction to the Paralympics for Abby Kane, who set a Paralympic record of 1min 9.09sec in her S13 100m backstroke heat.

while Hill clocked 30.77 in her 50m backstroke heat which left her 14th of the 16 qualifiers.

Elsewhere, other Welsh competitors included swimmer Georgia Davies in the 100m backstroke heat, who qualified sixth fastest for the semi-final on Sunday night, as Australian Emily Seebohm set a new Olympic record.

After Seebohm had set an Olympic record in the backstroke heats on Saturday, Franklin sounded almost deliriously upbeat.

Photograph: Andrew Medichini/ AP 2.23pm BST Interesting shot of the swimmer with the rather lovely name, Missy Franklin of the USA as she competes in the women's 100m Backstroke Heats.

Photograph: Al Bello/ AP 11.46am BST Making a splash: Ryosuke Irie of Japan enters the pool for the Men's 100m Backstroke heats at the Aquatics Centre.

Susannah Rodgers, surprise package of the 2011 IPC European championships, will look to emulate her five gold medals from Berlin in the S7 100m backstroke (heats 10.41am, final 6.50pm) while Jonathan Fox races in the men's S7 100m backstroke (heats 10.31am, final 6.44pm).

Natalie Du Toit goes for her 11th Paralympic gold in the S9 100m butterfly (heats 10.53am, final 7.17pm) and the Ukrainian teenager Yevheniy Bohodayko looks to make an impression in his first Games in the S6 100m backstroke (heats 9.30am, final 5.30pm).