Miatke books butterfly bout
JUST five days after completing her Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) exams, teenage world champion Danni Miatke will face a severe test of her newfound status when she meets world record-holder Anna-Karin Kammerling at the opening World Cup meet in Durban, South Africa this weekend.
Miatke, 17, made a late dash across the Indian Ocean after doing her final school exam in Melbourne on Monday.
The Darwin-born swimmer upset the experienced Swedish sprinter to take the world 50m butterfly title in Montreal in July and is part of the new wave of Australian women who have taken the world by storm this year.
Miatke is part of a 10-member team that will contest the Durban event before returning to Sydney for the next round of the World Cup on November 19-20.
Fellow world champion Jade Edmistone (50m breaststroke) will also have a world championships medallist to conquer in Germany’s Anne Poleska.
Both Miatke and Edmistone were are among the finalists for the Australian swimmer of the year awards. Triple world champions Grant Hackett and Libby Lenton scored four nominations each.
Hackett, who became the first man to win the 400m/800m/1500m freestyle treble at the world titles, and Lenton, who won the 50m freestyle, are two of the four finalists for the major award, swimmer of the year.
Leisel Jones and Jessicah Schipper are also nominated.
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