Christian Sprenger acquires Men's 100m breast-stroke gold: Day two – 2011 Swimming World Cup, Beijing
Christian David Sprenger of Australia acquired gold medal in Men's 100m breast-stroke on the concluding day of 2011 Swimming World Cup in Beijing, China on Wednesday, November 9.
Beijing is the sixth juncture of the seven-stage World Cup series, organised by the Federation Internationale De Natation (FINA), which is the international aquatics sport managing body.
Sprenger qualified as the fourth finest swimmer in the final round behind China's Cheng Chen and Xiayan Li and Australia's Brenton Scott Rickard.
The Australian displayed his tremendous efforts in the four-lap breast-stroke event and completed his initial round of the race in a time of 27.39 seconds. He was trailed by Li, who remained just 0.02 seconds behind him and concluded his initial half of the race in a time of 27.41 seconds.
With his splendid efforts, Sprenger extended his lead to 0.14 seconds in the final round, where he posted an effort of 57.99 seconds for gold medal. His astonishing effort was 2.38 seconds slower than the world record of 55.61 seconds, owned by Cameron Van Den Burgh of South Africa from 2009.
The silver medal of the event was secured by Chinese expert, who clocked an effort of 58.13 seconds for second position. Li was trailed by Sprenger's team-member, Rickard, who was just 0.07 seconds slower than his former finisher and submitted a time of 58.21 seconds for silver medal.
In the meantime, Australia's Leiston Pickett showered her expertise in the Women's 50m breast-stroke swim. Pickett reported a time of 30.23 seconds for gold medal of the breast-stroke event.
With her remarkable effort, she remained only 2.43 seconds behind world mark of 28.80 seconds, made by Jessica A Hardy of USA during 2009.
The silver medal of the event was obtained by Hye Jin Kim of Korea, who produced an effort of 30.23 seconds. She was chased by Pickett's team-mate, Olivia Maree Halicek, who stepped on the victory stand for bronze medal with a timing of 30.98 seconds.
The session ended after impeccable efforts of all position holders in the Men's and Women's discipline. In addition, the podium finishers were invited on the medal rostrum for their immaculate efforts after completion of the session.
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