Auburn Olympian Kirsty Coventry

Coventry ends Olympic career with a sixth-place finish in the 200m backstroke

AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com)– Swimming in the Olympics for the final time in her career, Auburn’s most decorated Olympian Kirsty Coventry captured sixth in the finals of the women’s 200m backstroke. Swimming in lane 7, Coventry, from Zimbabwe, swam a 1:03.25 first 100 and finished in 2:08.80. A veteran of five Olympics, it marked the fourth time she competed in the…