Anthony Ervin wins Men’s 100m freestyle gold – FINA Swimming World Cup, Tokyo
Anthony Ervin of USA won gold medal of the Men’s 100m freestyle on opening day of the seventh stop of the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup Series in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, November 6.
The American swimmer demonstrated his astonishing efforts in the freestyle event and proved his eligibility for the crown.
With his commendable form in the race, Ervin managed to overpower his toughest competitor, Tommaso D’Orsogna of Australia. Ervin stayed only a touch ahead of his closest rival and transpired on the finishing wall for gold medal with a timing of 47.09 seconds.
The gold medallist was chased by D’Orsogna, who was only 0.08 seconds slower and surfaced on the finishing wall for silver medal with an effort of 47.17 seconds.
The second position holder was trailed by Kenneth To of Australia, who suffered a loss of only 0.06 seconds from his former finisher and emerged on the finishing end as third position holder by clocking a time of 47.23 seconds.
Fourth fastest spot of the discipline was secured by Cameron McEvoy of Australia, who stayed 0.32 seconds slower and emerged on the finishing end by producing a time of 47.55 seconds.
McEvoy was chased by Kyle Richardson of Australia, who stayed 0.15 seconds behind and made his way to the wall for fifth position by clocking a time of 47.70 seconds.
Sixth position of the discipline was obtained by Kenta Ito of Japan, who stayed 0.12 seconds slower and posted a time of 47.82 seconds for sixth position.
Ito was traced by Travis Mahoney of Australia, who was half a body length slower from his former finisher and clocked an effort of 48.35 seconds for seventh position.
Last spot of the discipline was obtained by Yoshinori Muramatsu of Japan, who failed to overpower any of his opponents over the finishing end. Muramatsu stayed 0.56 seconds behind and settled on the wall with the timing of 48.91 seconds.
In addition, Ervin received a huge round of applause from the audience for his gruelling efforts and articulated that he would train harder to accomplish the same in swimming events.
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