In her first event, Goodwill Games gold medalist Brittany van Lange was able to produce a new personal best in the 100m freestyle while compatriot Ronaldo Rodrigues bettered his time in the 50m freestyle yesterday on the second day of the FINA (International Swimming Federation) World Championships (25m) in Dubai.
Van Lange swimming out of lane three of heat four of the women’s 100m freestyle event finished the race fifth in a time of 1:02.56, surpassing her qualifying time of 1:03.21. There were 89 participants in the event and van Lange placed 68th.
However 55 minutes later van Lange was unable to