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Hannah Miley 'awed' by Shiwen Ye

Hannah Miley 'awed' by Shiwen Ye
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Team GB swimmer Hannah Miley admits that she is in awe of Chinese rival Shiwen Ye.

Team GB swimmer Hannah Miley has admitted that she is in awe of Chinese rival Shiwen Ye.

Miley, who is up against the 16-year-old in this evening's 200m individual medley semi-final, described her opponent as an "amazing athlete".

"It's nuts," Miley told BBC Sport. "It's just the amazing athlete she is. I can't do anything about that, except be awed and proud that I can race against her.

"The main thing was trying to get to the semi. In Beijing I missed out on the final but this is a much tougher field.

"Anything can happen, hopefully I can go faster than that tonight."

Ye has already secured the gold medal in the 400m event, and goes up against Miley in the 200m semi-finals this evening.

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Great Britain's Siobhan Marie O'Connor smiles after she won the semi-final 1 of the women's 200m individual medley swimming event at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan on August 2, 2015
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