Colleen Furgeson

Those are the words of a self-assured individual less than twenty-four hours prior to her Women’s 100m Freestyle race.

The race Colleen Furgeson was referring to was during the recent Pacific Games in Port Moresby, in which she recorded a time of 1 minute 06.19 seconds, which she deemed unsatisfactory. The Kwajalein born athlete relished another chance in the pool only a few weeks after her last attempt.

Her final race in the 16th FINA World Championships, in Kazan, gave her this opportunity.

Those are the words of a self-assured individual less than twenty-four hours prior to her Women’s 100m Freestyle race.

The race Colleen Furgeson was referring to was during the recent Pacific Games in Port Moresby, in which she recorded a time of 1 minute 06.19 seconds, which she deemed unsatisfactory. The Kwajalein born athlete relished another chance in the pool only a few weeks after her last attempt.

Her final race in the 16th FINA World Championships, in Kazan, gave her this opportunity.

In the Kazan Arena, Furgeson took to the pool in the Women’s 50m Backstroke. 

Having previously competed in the same event two years earlier in Barcelona

The 2013 World Championships in Barcelona saw her set an impressive time and personal best of 34.48 seconds, in the heat. However, the more recent Pacific Games, in Papua New Guinea, saw that record beaten unequivocally with a time of 33.19 seconds. With only a two week gap between the games and leaving for Kazan, preparation was limited. This did not seem to affect the young athlete.