Christian Sprenger pockets Men’s 100m breast-stroke gold: Day one – 2011 Australian University Games
Christian Sprenger of Queensland University of Technology pocketed the gold medal of Men’s 100m breast-stroke on the first day of the 2011 Australian University Games. The session concluded on Tuesday, September 27, at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Queensland.
The 25-year-old Sprenger acquired the title of the Men’s breast-stroke swim, by touching the finishing wall in a finest time of 1 minute and 03.40 seconds. The Australian made his country proud at various international levels, which includes a silver medal
in 4*100m medley relay at 2008 Beijing Olympics and the same at the 2011 Shanghai World Championships.
He was followed by his team-mate, Nicholas Schafer, who remained just 0.80 seconds slower than him and settled on the podium for silver medal with an effort of 1 minute and 04.20 seconds. Schafer was in a lead of 0.76 seconds over University of NSW’s Shaun
Abbott, who reached the podium for silver medal by posting a time of 1 minute and 04.96 seconds.
In the meantime, Lucas Liew of Monash University completed his swim in fourth place, as he hit the wall in a time of 1 minute and 05.36 seconds. He was trailed by James Stacey of University of Technology - Sydney, who ended his swim in a time of 1 minute
and 09.88 seconds for fifth position.
Meanwhile, Thomas Clarke of University of Tasmania attained sixth finest spot of the swim, as he clocked a time of 1 minute and 10.03 seconds. Clarke was only a touch away from his following swimmer, Tom Houston of Victoria University, who produced a time
of 1 minute and 10.12 seconds for seventh position. Finally, last position of the event was achieved by Abbott’s team-member, Andrew Kennedy, who stayed 0.59 seconds slower than his preceding swimmer and ended his race in 1 minute and 10.71 seconds.
The session concluded after the completion of all scheduled events, while the winners received a huge round of applause from the audience. Furthermore, the championship will continue for two more days to complete all swimming events.
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