SYDNEY -- Miki Nakao claimed a bronze medal for Japan in the women's 200-meter backstroke final at the Sydney Aquatic Center on Friday night, while the women's 4x100 medley relay team swam their way into contention for a medal in Saturday's final.
Nakao, fifth in the same event in Atlanta, may have come third, but she looked like a gold-medal winner as she rushed over to high-five her teammates on the way to the medals ceremony.
The 22-year-old Nagasaki woman swam 2:11.05 for the bronze, which she adds to the one she took home from the Pan Pacific Championships in 1997.