Akihiro Yamaguchi clinches Men’s 200m breaststroke gold – Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Akihiro Yamaguchi of Japan clinched gold medal of the Men’s 200m breaststroke on day four of the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday, August 26.
Yamaguchi, who qualified into the final round as fastest swimmer, continued his nerve-breaking form throughout the four-lap event and grabbed gold medal of the event.
With his unmatchable pace, Yamaguchi stayed considerably ahead of his toughest challenger and made his way to the wall for the title with a timing of 2 minutes and 08.03 seconds.
His title claiming effort remained 5.10 seconds faster from Kazuki Kohinata of Japan, who secured second best spot on the medal rostrum by hitting the wall with an effort of 2 minutes and 13.13 seconds.
Kohinata was chased by Eric Ronda of USA, who stayed 0.76 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and ended third in the event by producing a time of 2 minutes and 13.89 seconds.
The bronze medallist was chased by Will Licon of USA, who stayed 0.64 seconds away from his former finisher and settled on the finishing end as fourth fastest swimmer by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 14.53 seconds.
Fifth best spot of the race was obtained by Joshua Tierney of Australia, who stayed one and a half body length behind and ended his race with an effort of 2 minutes and 16.13 seconds.
The Australian swimmer was trailed by his teammate, Buster Sykes, who was just a touch behind and reported a time of 2 minutes and 16.37 seconds for sixth position.
Sykes was trailed by Jonathan Naisby of Canada, who suffered a loss of two body lengths from his former finisher and clocked an effort of 2 minutes and 18.13 seconds.
Last position of the event was obtained by Evan White of Canada, who failed to surpass any of his opponents in the 200m event and ended eighth in the race with a timing of 2 minutes and 18.90 seconds.
Yamaguchi was extremely happy with his crown claiming finish in the race and stated that he would work hard to achieve the same in forthcoming events.
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