Van Lange snatches three more gold medals

Britany van Lange in action during the 100m breaststroke event yesterday, in the background (first from left)is Guyana’s Athena Gaskin (photo by Orlando Charles)

Britany van Lange gathered four more medals yesterday in brilliant performances that culminated with her anchoring the girls’ 15 – 17 relay team to another gold medal this time in the 4x50m relay as the Goodwill Swimming Championships came to a close at the National Aquatic Centre.

Apart from her relay gold van Lange won two other gold and one bronze medal to add to the other nine gold medals that she had already accrued from previous events throughout the championships. For her performance in the 50m freestyle, and 100m breaststroke, van Lange walked away with the two gold medals while the bronze medal came after she finished 1:14.56s in the 100m backstroke where Suriname’s Soroya Van Djik and Trinidad’s Marie Marcano,