Canadian swimmers stuns at the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Trials – Part 4
After the alluring efforts of David Sharpe and Julia Wilkinson in the opening events of the second day of Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Trials, the audience was eager to see the thrilling performances of their national swimmers in the remaining events.
The fifth event of the session was Men’s 100m backstroke, where Charles Francis occupied the title of the event with the timing of 54.84 seconds. His gold winning effort remained almost three seconds ahead of the world mark of 51.94 seconds, held by Aaron
Peirsol in 2009. His time was nearly one second slower from the Canadian record of 53.63 seconds, set by Pascal Wollach in 2009.
He was followed by Matthew Swanston, who proved his eligibility for second position of the discipline by clocking a time of 55.56 seconds. The third position of the discipline was secured by Matt Hawes, who remained 0.06 seconds slower and clocked an effort
of 55.62 seconds.
Moments later, Benoit Huot S10SB9SM10 conquered the top position in the Men’s 100m backstroke Para S6-14. Huot stifled hopes of his challengers by completing his race in a fastest time of 1 minute and 01.53 seconds.
He was followed by Brian Hills S13SB13SM13, who ended second by posting 1 minute and 05.07 seconds. Adam Rahier S14SB14SM14 secured third position of the discipline by clocking a time of 1 minute and 07.19 seconds.
Next was the Women’s 400m Individual Medley (IM), where Stephanie Horner reached the finishing end for gold medal by clocking a time of 4 minutes and 42.25 seconds. The champion remained considerably slower from the world record of 4 minutes and 29.45 seconds,
owned by Stephanie Rice of Australia from 2008. She was almost seven seconds behind the national record of 4 minutes and 35.84 seconds
Horner remained almost two strokes ahead of her following rival, Alexa Komarnycky, who settled on the victory stand for silver medal by touching the wall with the timing of 4 minutes and 42.69 seconds. The third spot of the discipline was secured by Karyn
Jewell, who remained nearly two body lengths behind and tapped the finishing blockade with an effort of 4 minutes and 45.26 seconds.
The second last event of second day was Men’s 50m backstroke Para S1-5, where Danial Murphy S5, Sb5, Sm5 claimed gold medal of the discipline by touching the wall in a time of 56.46 seconds.
His tremendous effort placed him in a lead of almost five seconds over Andrew Cooke S5SB4SM5, who reached the finishing end for silver medal by hitting the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 01.18 seconds. The third spot of the event was secured by C MacDonald,
who posted 1 minute and 19.73 seconds for bronze medal.
The last event of the session was Men’s 4*200m freestyle, where relay squad of IS pocketed gold medal of the discipline by posting a time of 7 minutes and 34.66 seconds. They were trailed by relay team of Mexico, which occupied silver medal of the discipline
and clocked a timing of 7 minutes and 38.50 seconds for silver medal.
Third position of the discipline was obtained by relay squad of VAND that produced an effort of 7 minutes and 40.33 seconds for bronze medal.
In addition, the session ended after the completion of all events while winners were awarded medals at the prize ceremony of the championship.
To be continued in Part 5.
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