Corey Main conquers Men’s 100m back-stroke title: Day three – 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games
Corey Main of New Zealand conquered gold medal of Men’s 100m back-stroke on the final day of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, which ended on Sunday, September 11, in Isle of Man.
Main emerged as the strongest contender for gold medal of the back-stroke event and ended his swim in a wonderful time of 53.53 seconds. Main conquered second fastest qualification spot of the meet in the preliminary rounds, while the New Zealander accelerated
his swim in the final round and pocketed the gold medal of the event in scintillating fashion.
He was followed by Robert Gerlach of Australia, who remained only 0.52 seconds slower than the gold medallist and clocked a time of 54.05 seconds for silver medal. Gerlach was chased by his following swimmer, Grant Halsall of Isle of Man, who was just 0.50
seconds slower than him and reported in a time of 54.55 seconds for bronze medal.
Halsall was trailed by Dylan Carter of Trinidad&Tobago, who remained just 0.50 seconds slower from overwhelming the effort of his preceding swimmer and ended as the fourth finisher, with a timing of 55.05 seconds. Moments later, Christopher Van de Sande
transpired as the fifth fastest swimmer of the event, as he completed his swim by touching the finishing wall in a time of 56.38 seconds.
The sixth finest spot of the swim was secured by Joshua Booth of Scotland, who was only 0.20 seconds behind Van de Sande and posted a time of 56.58 seconds. Booth maintained a lead of 0.24 seconds over his following swimmer, Olamelako Coker of England, who
clocked a time of 56.82 seconds for seventh position. The last spot of the race was secured by Zahir Gamiet of South Africa, who touched the finishing wall and concluded his swim in a time of 57.94 seconds.
Furthermore, the arena enjoyed the commendable efforts of all participants, while the winners were invited on the medal rostrum to collect medals and accolades for their dominating efforts in the back-stroke swim after the completion of the session.
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