Evgeny Korotyshkin claims Men’s 100m butterfly title – 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup, Moscow
Evgeny Korotyshkin of Russia claimed gold medal of the Men’s 100m butterfly on day two of the 2012 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup in Moscow, Russia on Thursday, October 18.
Korotyshkin spoiled the party of his opponents in the 100m discipline and snared gold medal of the race. He faced tough competition from Nikolay Skvortsov of Russia throughout the race but with his alluring efforts, he managed to ascend on the victory stand
for gold medal.
His commendable form placed him just an inch ahead of his strongest competitor as he completed his race in a wonderful time of 50.56 seconds for gold medal.
The champion was followed by Nikolay Skvortsov of Russia, who stayed 0.26 seconds behind and surfaced on the wall as second best finisher by reporting a time of 50.82 seconds.
The silver medallist was followed by Thomas Shields of USA, who stayed 0.07 seconds apart and rushed his way towards the finishing end for bronze medal by producing a time of 50.89 seconds.
Shields was trailed by Jason Dunford of Kenya, who remained 0.78 seconds apart and surfaced on the wall for fourth position by submitting a time of 51.67 seconds.
Fifth fastest spot of the race was obtained by Viacheslav Prudnikov of Russia, who was half body length behind and tapped the wall with an effort of 52.35 seconds.
Prudnikov enjoyed an advantage of Mauricio Fiol Villanueva, who was 0.25 seconds slower from his former finisher and emerged on the finishing end as sixth best finisher with an effort of 52.60 seconds.
Seventh position of the race was obtained by Vladislav Seryy of Russia, who was 0.46 seconds away from upsetting his former finisher and surfaced on the wall with a timing of 53.06 seconds.
Last spot of the event was obtained by Seryy’s team-member, Evgeny Koptelov, who was only 0.06 seconds behind and finished his race in a time of 53.12 seconds.
Furthermore, Korotyshkin received massive admiration from the crowd for his undisputed efforts and articulated that he would train harder in future to excel in the same discipline at elite levels of swimming events.
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