Akihiro Yamaguchi captures Men’s 100m breast-stroke semi-final: 2011 FINA World Junior Championships
Day one of the 2011 FINA World Junior Championships began in stunning fashion in Lima, Peru, on Tuesday, August 16. The session of the meet conducted Men’s 100m breast-stroke and Women’s 100m back-stroke semi-final heats.
In the Men’s 100m breast-stroke semi-final, Akihiro Yamaguchi earned the first place honours with a winning time of 1 minute and 01.98 seconds. In the corresponding meet, Panagiotis Samilidis of Greece wound up second in a time of 1 minute and 02.06 seconds
and Nicolas Fink of United States grabbed third spot with an impressive mark of 1 minute and 02.54 seconds.
Harry Craig Benson of Great Britain was placed fourth in a time of 1 minute and 02.58 seconds, while Roman Trussov of Kazakhstan finished fifth in the respective meet with a time of 1 minute and 02.80 seconds.
Oleksiy Rozhkov of Ukraine wound up sixth with a mark of 1 minute and 03.08 seconds, while Roberto Parisi of Italy settled seventh in a time of 1 minute and 03.09 seconds. Anton Tischenko of Russia settled eighth with a mark of 1 minute and 03.23 seconds.
Last, but not the least, Italy’s Flavio Bizzarri wound up ninth in a time of 1 minute and 03.31 seconds and Buster Sykes of Australia settled tenth with a mark of 1 minute and 03.87 seconds.
The Women’s 100m back-stroke semi-final heat was clinched by Daryna Zevina of Ukraine with an impressive mark of 1 minute and 00.92 seconds. China’s Yuanhui Fu wound up second with a time of 1 minute and 02.30 seconds, whereas, Olivia Smoliga of United States
of America settled third in a time of 1 minute and 02.71 seconds.
In the corresponding race, Brooklyn Snodgrass of Canada finished fourth in a time of 1 minute and 02.83 seconds and Mikkayla Sheridan earned fifth with a time of 1 minute and 02.85 seconds. Great Britain’s Kathle Emma Saunders wound up sixth with a time
of 1 minute and 02.87 seconds, while Landeghem Van of Canada was placed seventh with a mark of 1 minute and 02.97 seconds.
United States’ Kylie Stewart finished eighth in a time of 1 minute and 03.03 seconds. Hazal Sarikaya of Turkey wound up ninth in a time of 1 minute and 03.29 seconds and Jessica Fullalove of Great Britain was placed tenth with a mark of 1 minute 03.36 seconds.
Finally, the arena applauded for the scintillating swims of all athletes after the session’s completion.
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