Australian swimmers shine at the 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships – Part 3
After the gruelling efforts of Australian swimmers on second day of the 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships, the third day of the tournament witnessed dazzling swims of their national talent, who could not wait to confirm their spot in the Australian
team to the 2012 London Olympic Games.
The session concluded after the completion of 200m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, 100m backstroke, 200m butterfly and 200m Individual Medley (IM) in Men's and Women’s category.
The opening event of the session was Women’s 200m freestyle semi-final, where Bronte Barratt continued her exhausting efforts and sustained her fastest qualification spot by entering the final round as top fastest swimmer with an effort of 1 minute and 56.88
seconds.
She was followed by triple Olympic gold medallist, Stephanie Rice, who qualified into the playoff as second best swimmer by submitting a time of 1 minute and 56.88 seconds. She was followed by Kylie Palmer, who stayed marginally behind her former finisher
and tapped the finishing end with the timing of 1 minute and 57.75 seconds for third position.
Next was the Men’s 200m freestyle final, where Thomas Fraser-Holmes ensured his place in the Australian team by clinching gold medal of the discipline with the timing of 1 minute and 46.99 seconds.
His immaculate effort stayed prominently ahead of Kenrick Monk, who followed him on the medal rostrum for silver medal by posting a time of 1 minute and 47.16 seconds. Monk was followed by David McKeon, who stayed almost one stroke slower and touched the
finishing blockade with the timing of 1 minute and 47.55 seconds for bronze medal.
In the meantime, Leiston Pickett snared gold medal of the Women’s 100m breaststroke by posting 1 minute and 06.88 seconds. Her fabulous effort was traced by Leisel Jones, who also confirmed her place to London by occupying silver medal of the discipline
with the timing of 1 minute and 07.64 seconds.
Sarah Katsoulis transpired as the third position holder of the event as she won bronze medal in a time of 1 minute and 08.11 seconds.
Afterwards, Emily Seebohm also booked her spot to London by earning gold medal of the Women’s 100m backstroke with an effort of 59.28 seconds. Seebohm was trailed by Belinda Hocking, who claimed second position of the discipline with the timing of 59.41
seconds. The third spot of the discipline was obtained by Sophie Edington of Melbourne, who clocked a time of 1 minute and 00.65 seconds.
Subsequently, Hayden Stoeckel seized top finish in the men’s 100m backstroke by submitting a time of 53.98 seconds. He was trailed by Daniel Arnamnart, who won silver medal with the timing of 54.05 seconds while Benjamin Treffers finished third by reporting
54.16 seconds.
Later, Nick D’Arcy secured his London berth by finishing first in the Men’s 200m butterfly semi-final with an effort of 1 minute and 56.56 seconds. Christopher Wright secured second qualifying position by clocking 1 minute and 57.36 seconds. Grant Irvine
surfaced as the third qualifying position of the event as he posted 1 minute and 57.96 seconds.
Consequently, Stephanie Rice ended first in Women’s 200m IM with an effort of 2 minutes and 12.65 seconds. She was followed by Emily Seebohm and Alicia Coutts, who ended second and third positions with timings of 2:13.00 and 2:13.86 minutes, respectively.
The crowd enjoyed gruelling forms of all participants while the remaining events will take place in the subsequent days of the championship.
To be continued in Part 4.
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