Daiya Seto grabs Men’s 400m IM title – 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup
Daiya Seto of Japan grabbed gold medal of the Men’s 400m Individual Medley (IM) on day one of the 2012 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup in Moscow, Russia on Wednesday, October 17.
The Japanese swimmer spoiled the party of his opponents in the distant IM event as he faced no trouble in the sixteen-lap discipline and rushed his way towards the finishing blockade for the title.
With his stupendous efforts, Seto remained in a considerable lead over his toughest opponent and transpired on the finishing wall for gold medal by submitting a time of 4 minutes and 01.30 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Laszlo Cseh of Hungary, who tried hard to prove his mettle for gold medal but finished second in the event by touching the wall with the timing of 4 minutes and 06.20 seconds.
Cseh was traced by Gal Nevo of Israel, who was 3.70 seconds slower from his former finisher and earned his way towards the wall for bronze medal by reporting an effort of 4 minutes and 09.90 seconds.
The bronze medallist was chased by Henrique Rodrigues of Brazil, who was 4.16 seconds apart and tapped the wall with a timing of 4 minutes and 14.06 seconds for fourth position.
Rodrigues was followed by Gunnar Bentz of USA, who stayed prominently away from the fourth best finisher and proved his mettle for fifth position by touching the wall with the timing of 4 minutes and 15.44 seconds.
Bentz was traced by Dmitry Gorbunov of Russia, who remained 0.26 seconds behind and settled on the finishing end as sixth best finisher by clocking a time of 4 minutes and 15.70 seconds.
Seventh spot of the event was obtained by Thiago Simon of Brazil, who stayed 0.40 seconds slower and transpired on the wall with an effort of 4 minutes and 16.10 seconds.
Last spot of the race was obtained by Sergey Kashperskiy of Russia, who was 0.87 seconds slower and clocked a time of 4 minutes and 16.97 seconds for eighth place.
In addition, Seto was contented with his gold finish and raked medal for his gruelling form after the event.
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