Coleman was hundreds of hundreds away from his first WC medal

“I’m very proud of my race, but obviously I felt like snow when I was so close to a medal,” says Michelle Coleman.

– It was really nice to be on the podium, but I think I’ll have to save it for the next championship, she continues.

past past At this year’s Short Track World Championships, 29-year-old Michelle Coleman announced that she had decided to take a longer break.

Only in September I started training seriously again.

This week’s World Short Course Championships in Melbourne is Coleman’s first since her comeback, and on Saturday morning she swam the 50m freestyle final.

In the semi-finals, Coleman had the third fastest time.

Barely two hours before the individual final, Michele Coleman took home the bronze medal in the team sprint final in the 4x50m medley.

Now the question was whether on Saturday she would also take home her first individual toilet medal of her long career.

It was close, but not all the way.

As expected The final became a gold duel between Australian Olympic gold medalist Emma McKeown and Poland’s Katarzyna Wasek, with McKeown hoping to deal with the pressure and winning ahead of Wasek.

The battle for the bronze medal was a real thrill with five swimmers including Michelle Coleman. After the first 25 metres, the Swede was last, but she finished really strong.

It was close to being enough for a medal, but was too slow at the finish line.

Anna Hopkin of Great Britain took the bronze with a 23.68. Danish Julia Cape came in fourth place, scoring 23.71, and Michelle Coleman ranked fifth, 23.72.

The final race was Coleman’s second fastest ever in the 50-meter freestyle.

“I’m so proud that I can go back and do these times,” says Michelle Coleman.

In the past, I’ve come home from tournaments feeling like I’m not getting what I have, but I don’t feel like it this time.