Jedrzejczak takes gold
in women’s 200 fly

100 fly winner Thomas 2nd, Sandeno of U.S. 4th

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Otylia Jedrzejczak of Poland celebrates her gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly. She already had won a pair of silvers in the 400 free and 100 butterfly.

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updated 6:13 a.m. ET Aug. 19, 2004

ATHENS, Greece - Otylia Jedrzejczak of Poland won her third medal of the Olympics, overtaking Australia’s Petria Thomas to win gold in the 200-meter butterfly Wednesday night.

Thomas was under world-record pace halfway through the race, building a body-length lead, but Jedrzejczak had enough left to overtake the Aussie in the final 50. The winner touched in 2:06.05, just off her own world mark of 2:05.78 set two years ago.

Jedrzejczak avenged a loss to Thomas in the 100 fly, winning the first gold medal of her career.

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Thomas settled for silver at 2:06.36, while Japan’s Yuko Nakanishi edged out American Kaitlin Sandeno for the bronze at 2:08.04. Sandeno was just 14-hundredths of a second behind in fourth, failing to win her third medal of the Athens Games.

Sandeno was set to return later in the evening to anchor the U.S. 800 freestyle relay team, a contender for gold.

Jedrzejczak is emerging as one of the biggest female stars of the Olympic swimming meet. She already had won a pair of silvers in the 400 free and 100 butterfly before winning her first career gold.

Thomas also is having a superb Olympics. Though she failed to sweep the butterflies, she did add to the two golds she’s already won in the 100 fly and 400 freestyle relay.

Swimming - Women's 200-meter Butterfly (medals: Aug. 18th)
Medal Athlete Country Result
Gold Otylia Jedrzejczak Poland 2:06.05
Silver Petria Thomas Australia 2:06.36
Bronze Yuko Nakanishi Japan 2:08.04
NBCO: Schedules, preliminary result and complete final results