Cameron Van Der Burgh captures Men’s 50m breast-stroke title: Mare Nostrum, Canet 2011
Another amazing performance took place in the Men’s 50m breast-stroke final of the 2011 Mare Nostrum meet in Canet, France, on June 8, 2011. Hailing from South Africa, Cameron van der Burgh snagged the golden crown in the corresponding meet with a winning
time of 27.72 seconds.
On the other hand, Ryo Tateishi of Japan clinched silver medal with a time of 27.88 seconds for his 15th place in the international rankings. Aleksandr Triznov of Russia claimed bronze medal in the respective meet after touching the finishing
wall and ending his swim with a time of 28.05 seconds. The South African swimmer was immensely pleased and happy with his individual performance in the 50m breast-stroke final.
Cameron Van Der Burgh is well-known swimmer of South Africa, who has won many fabulous titles in the world of swimming. He won the golden crown in the Men’s 50m breast-stroke meet at the 2009 World Championships in Rome. He clinched gold medal in the Men’s
100m breast-stroke category at the 2010 World Championships in Dubai.
More importantly, Van der Burgh took home two gold titles in the Men’s 50m and 100m breast-stroke finals respectively, at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The South African swimmer is dedicated to win more gold medals at the upcoming FINA World Championships
in Shanghai, this July.
Meanwhile, the Men’s 200m breast-stroke crown was taken over by Tateishi with a sterling time of 2 minutes and 11.73 seconds. Tateishi also broke his previous record of 2 minutes and 10.44 seconds set in April, 2011, and moved into the seventh place in the
world rankings.
Placed second in the corresponding event was Scottish swimmer, Michael Jamieson, with a sterling time of 2 minutes and 12.28 seconds. Grigory Falko of Russia grabbed the bronze medal after she touched the finishing blockade and concluded her swim with a
decisive time of 2 minutes and 12.35 seconds.
The crowd and judges were pleased with the performances of all swimmers in their respective meets, while the winners were awarded medals and accolades after the session’s completion.
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