Filippo Magnini occupies Men’s 200m freestyle gold: Day two - 2012 Sette Colli Meet, Italy
Filippo Magnini of Italy occupied gold medal of the Men’s 200m freestyle on day two of the 2012 Sette Colli Meet in Rome, Italy on Friday, June 15.
The Italian swimmer faced strong battle from his teammate, Marco Belotti throughout the four-lap discipline but with his fascinating efforts, he succeeded in outperforming him over the finishing end for first position.
With his incredible pace, he remained just a touch away from his challenger and posted a time of 1 minute and 48.02 seconds for the title of the event.
He was trailed by Marco Belotti of Italy, who stayed 0.07 seconds apart and cruised his way towards the finishing end with the timing of 1 minute and 48.09 seconds.
The silver medallist was followed by Gregory Mallet of France, who was 0.15 seconds behind and secured bronze medal of the discipline by clocking an effort of 1 minute and 48.24 seconds.
Fourth position of the discipline was secured by Artem Lobuzov of Russia, who suffered a deficit of 0.30 seconds from his foregoing finisher and hit the finishing end with an effort of 1 minute and 48.54 seconds.
Lobuzov was chased by Alex Di Giorgio of Italy, who stayed 0.16 seconds behind and reached the finishing end with an effort of 1 minute and 48.70 seconds for fifth position.
Sixth position of the discipline was obtained by Evgeny Lagunov of Russia, who was just 0.04 seconds apart and clocked an effort of 1 minute and 48.74 seconds.
Lagunov was chased by Gianluca Maglia of Italy, who was 0.22 seconds apart and surfaced on the finishing blockade as seventh position holder with the timing of 1 minute and 48.96 seconds.
Eighth position of the discipline was secured by Sebastian Verschuren of Netherlands, who stayed 1.13 seconds apart and made his way to the finishing blockade by producing a time of 1 minute and 50.09 seconds.
The session concluded after the completion of all planned events while the winners received awards and accolades for their commendable sprints at the prize distribution ceremony of the championship. Furthermore, the crowd appreciated gruelling efforts of
all position holders in the 200m event.
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