Franziska Hentke occupy Women’s 200m butterfly gold – Swimming News
Franziska Hentke of Germany occupied gold medal in the event of Women’s 200m butterfly on concluding day of the 2013 French Open Nationals Championship in Vichy on Sunday, July 7.
Hentke devastated hopes of her opponents in the in the final round of the 200m discipline as she swam her way towards the finishing end for gold medal.
With her notable efforts, she managed to outperform her toughest challenger over the finishing end. She faced strong competition from her closest challenger in the four lap discipline, as she transpired on the finishing end for
the title.
She experienced strong resistance from her closest swimmer in the first lap, but with her impeccable pace in the playoff, she managed to secure the gold medal of the event by producing a time of 2 minutes and 09.02 seconds.
The gold medallist was chased by Samantha Lee of New Zealand, who was almost five seconds behind and hit the wall for second position by clocking a time of 2 minutes and 14.08 seconds.
Third best spot of the race was obtained by German swimmer, Tanja Kirmse, who remained nearly eight seconds apart and emerged on the finishing end for bronze medal by producing an effort of 2 minutes and 22.25 seconds.
On the other hand, French swimmer, Jeremy Stravius snared gold medal of the Men’s 50m backstroke. He showed no leniency to his opponents in the shortest event and cruised his way towards the finishing end for first place.
His impeccable form placed him in a marginal lead of just one inch ahead over his following swimmer as he captured the title with the timing of 24.67 seconds.
The silver medal of the race was secured by Gerhard Zandberg of South Africa, who stayed 0.04 seconds behind and tapped the wall for second place with the timing of 24.71 seconds.
Third place of the swim was obtained by French swimmer, Camille Lacourt, who stayed only 0.04 seconds apart and clocked an effort of 1 minute and 01.89 seconds.
In addition, the arena applauded for gruelling performances of all participating swimmers in their exclusive events while the winners collected medals after the race.
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