Cameron van der Burgh smashes world record of Men’s 100m breaststroke – 2012 London Olympic Games
Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa smashed the world record of the Men’s 100m breaststroke on day two of the swimming events at the 2012 London Olympic Games in London Aquatic Centre on Sunday, July 29.
The 24-year-old van der Burgh was evidently strong for first position of the discipline but with his unrelenting efforts, he edged out his challengers over the finishing end and improved the world record.
The South African swimmer devastated hopes of his rivals in the double lap swim as he showed his urgency towards the finishing wall in a record-breaking time of 58.46 seconds.
His gold winning effort remained 0.47 seconds faster from his following swimmer, Christian Sprenger of Australia, who followed him on the podium for silver medal by producing a time of 58.93 seconds.
The silver medallist was chased by Brendan Hansen of USA, who stayed 0.56 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and settled on the finishing blockade as third position holder by submitting a time of 59.49 seconds.
Similarly, Hansen was followed by Daniel Gyurta of Hungary, who was only 0.04 seconds slower from his former finisher and transpired on the finishing blockade as fourth best finisher by clocking a time of 59.53 seconds.
Fifth position of the race was secured by defending champion, Kosuke Kitajima of Japan, who remained 0.26 seconds apart and hit the finishing blockade with the timing of 59.79 seconds.
The Japanese swimmer was chased by Brenton Rickard of Australia, who was 0.08 seconds away from his preceding finisher and touched the wall with the timing of 59.87 seconds.
Subsequently, the Australian player remained 0.10 seconds faster from Fabio Scozzoli of Italy, who remained prominent for seventh finest spot of the discipline and hit the wall with an effort of 59.97 seconds.
Eighth position of the race was gained by Giedrius Titenis of Lithuania, who stayed almost one body length away from his foregoing finisher and touched the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 00.84 seconds.
In addition, van der Burgh was extremely pleased with his performance in the 100m discipline at medal ceremony of the event.
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