Glenn Snyders and Giedrius Titenis win Men’s 200m breast-stroke title – 2011 World University Games
Glenn Snyders of New Zealand and Giedrius Titenis of Lithuania presented a noteworthy swim in front of the Chinese crowd to grab the gold medal of the Men’s 200m breast-stroke meet on the initial day of the 2011 World University Games on Sunday, August 14,
in Shenzhen, China.
Snyders and Titenis, who failed to overwhelm each other’s efforts, ended on the finishing wall with the same timing of 2 minutes and 10.85 seconds for the gold medal. Their time was 3.54 seconds slower than the world record of Christian Sprenger of Australia,
who posted a time of 2 minutes and 07.31 seconds at the 2009 Rome World Championships. They were also 2.12 seconds behind the game record of 2 minutes and 08.73 seconds, set by Igor Borysik of Ukraine in 2009.
The duo of gold medallists was followed by Japanese swimmer, Kazuki Otsuka, who remained only 0.11 seconds slower than them and ended his swim in a third fastest time of 2 minutes and 10.96 seconds for the bronze medal.
In the meantime, Valerii Dymo of Ukraine was the fourth fastest finisher of the four-lap swim, as he remained 1.87 seconds behind the third position holder and concluded his swim, with a timing of 2 minutes and 12.83 seconds. He was followed by Anton Blednykh
of Russia, who was just 0.07 seconds behind his preceding swimmer and submitted a time of 2 minutes and 12.90 seconds for fifth position.
Meanwhile, Kyuwoong Choi of Korea was the sixth best finisher of the event, as he was 0.33 seconds behind his foregoing finisher and submitted a time of 2 minutes and 13.23 seconds. Choi was trailed by George Klein of USA, who remained 1.25 seconds away
from him and posted a time of 2 minutes and 13.48 seconds for seventh position. Klein’s team-member, Christopher Burckle settled as the eighth finalist of the event, with a timing of 2 minutes and 13.56 seconds.
The session ended with the awe-inspiring swims of all swimmers, while the winners received their medals after the session.
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