Anna Stetsenko claims Women’s 800m freestyle gold: Day two – 2012 Ukraine Summer Cup
Anna Stetsenko of DON claimed gold medal of the Women’s 800m freestyle on second day of the 2012 Ukraine Summer Cup in Kharkiv on Tuesday, May 8.
Stetsenko demonstrated her gruelling efforts in the distant freestyle discipline as she stayed comfortably ahead of her challengers and emerged on the podium for gold medal.
With her commendable efforts throughout the sixteen-lap event, she enjoyed an advantage of almost two body lengths over her strongest opponent and captured gold medal of the event in a time of 8 minutes and 54.02 seconds.
The champion was followed by Skripel Xenia of CLC, who remained 2.05 seconds apart and settled on the finishing end for silver medal by clocking a time of 8 minutes and 56.07 seconds.
Similarly, Xenia was chased by Glavnik Irina of Cues, who stayed nearly 10 metres behind and stepped on the medal rostrum for bronze medal by reporting a time of 9 minutes and 06.46 seconds
The bronze medallist was followed by Kirik Marina of RVN, who suffered a deficit of almost five seconds from Irina and finished her swim in fourth best place by submitting a time of 9 minutes and 11.51 seconds.
Fifth best spot of the race was followed by Fisenko Catherine of Cues, who also remained nearly four seconds apart and paved her way to the finishing end for fifth position by producing a time of 9 minutes and 15.64 seconds.
Catherine was trailed by her team-member, Domoratska Eugene, who was almost 5 metres away and ended her sprint in a time of 9 minutes and 21.03 seconds for sixth position.
Afterwards, the crowd witnessed exhausting efforts of Xenia’s teammate, Zamaraev Catherine, who secured seventh finest spot of the race by concluding her swim in a time of 9 minutes and 26.88 seconds.
Catherine remained almost one second ahead of Mushtey Anastasia of DPR, who completed her swim in eighth place by posting an effort of 9 minutes and 26.97 seconds.
In addition, the position holders were awarded medals and accolades for their blistering performances while the session ended after the completion of scheduled races.
Tags: