Fabio Scozzoli clinches Men’s 100m breaststroke gold – European SC Swimming Championships
Fabio Scozzoli of Italy clinched gold medal of the Men’s 100m breaststroke on second day of the 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, France on Friday, November 23.
The Italian swimmer demonstrated his astonishing efforts in the four-lap breaststroke discipline and raked the title.
He faced strong competition from his following swimmer, Martti Aljand of Estonia from the start but with his unstoppable efforts, Scozzoli managed to overpower him in the final lap.
With his astonishing pace, Scozzoli remained half a body length ahead of his following swimmer and tapped the wall for the title by producing an effort of 57.25 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Aljand, who stayed 0.50 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and proved his mettle for silver medal by touching the wall with an effort of 57.75 seconds.
Aljand remained only 0.01 seconds ahead of his closest competitor, Giacomo Perez Dortona of France, who stepped on the victory stand for bronze medal by touching the wall with an effort of 57.76 seconds.
The third best finisher was traced by Andriy Kovalenko of Ukraine, who stayed 0.13 seconds behind and settled on the wall as fourth fastest swimmer by clocking a time of 57.89 seconds.
Similarly, fifth finest spot of the event was obtained by Damir Dugonjic of Slovenia, who stayed only 0.03 seconds slower from his former finisher and hit the finishing blockade with the timing of 57.92 seconds.
Dugonjic was followed by Martin Liivamagi of Estonia, who stayed only a stroke behind and completed his race in sixth place by touching the wall with an effort of 58.19 seconds.
Liivamagi was followed by Carlos Esteves Almeida, who remained prominent for seventh spot of the race and posted a time of 58.24 seconds.
Last position of the event was followed by Vyacheslav Sinkevich of Russia, who stayed only 0.02 seconds slower from his former finisher and tapped the wall with a timing of 58.26 seconds.
In addition, Scozzoli was overjoyed with his top finish in the event and told that he would try hard to accomplish the same in forthcoming swimming competitions.
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