Cameron van der Burgh wins Men’s 100m breaststroke gold – FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup
Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa won gold medal of the Men’s 100m breaststroke on day two of the 2012 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup in Doha, Qatar on Sunday, October 7.
The South African swimmer dictated terms to his opponents in the four-lap freestyle discipline and transpired on the finishing end for gold medal.
With his astonishing efforts in the 100m discipline, he enjoyed a comfortable lead over his following swimmer and paved his way to the finishing wall for gold medal with a timing of 57.22 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Glenn Snyders of New Zealand, who stayed full body lengths behind and emerged on the finishing wall for silver medal by producing a nice effort of 58.13 seconds.
Snyders was followed by Daiya Seto of Japan, who was half body length behind and finished third in the race by touching the wall with an effort of 58.60 seconds.
The Japanese swimmer was followed by Marco Koch of Germany, who stayed 0.46 seconds apart and settled on the wall as fourth best swimmer by producing an effort of 59.06 seconds.
Subsequently, fifth spot of the event was obtained by Neil Versfeld of South Africa, who was just an inch apart and emerged on the finishing end as fifth best finisher by submitting a time of 59.09 seconds.
Versfeld was followed by Anton Lobanov of Russia, who stayed 0.20 seconds behind and surfaced on the finishing blockade as sixth best finisher by clocking a time of 59.29 seconds.
Lobanov was traced by Sean Mahoney of USA, who stayed 0.24 seconds slower from overpowering his foregoing finisher and ended his swim in seventh place by reporting an effort of 59.53 seconds.
Last spot of the race was obtained by Sergei Geibel of Russia, who tried hard but was unable to overpower any of his challengers. Geibel stayed 0.12 seconds slower from his former finisher and touched the wall for eighth position with an effort of 59.65
seconds.
Furthermore, van der Burgh was contented with his gold winning effort and raked medal for his gruelling effort after the session.
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