Glenn Snyders earns Men’s 100m breaststroke gold – FINA Swimming World Cup, Tokyo
Glenn Snyders of New Zealand earned gold medal of the Men’s 100m breaststroke on second day of the seventh stop of the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup Series in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, November 7.
Snyders showered his expertise in the four-lap breaststroke discipline and made his way towards the finishing blockade for gold medal.
He demonstrated his astonishing efforts in the breaststroke discipline and surfaced on the finishing wall for gold medal with a wonderful timing of 57.98 seconds.
His gruelling effort remained 0.24 seconds ahead of Akihiro Yamaguchi of Japan, who stepped on the victory stand for silver medal by producing an effort of 58.22 seconds.
The second position holder was followed by Kouichirou Okazaki of Japan, who stayed 0.45 seconds slower and surfaced on the finishing wall as third best finisher by producing a time of 58.67 seconds.
Okazaki was followed by Yuuki Okajima of Japan, who was 0.19 seconds apart and surfaced on the finishing wall for fourth position by clocking an effort of 58.86 seconds.
Okajima was chased by Ryouta Nomura of Japan, who stayed 0.17 seconds slower and touched the wall for fifth position with an effort of 59.03 seconds.
The Japanese swimmer was trailed by Kazuki Kohinata of Japan, who struggled hard to improve his position but failed to withstand gruelling efforts of Nomura. Kohinata stayed 0.29 seconds behind and surfaced on the finishing end as sixth best swimmer by clocking
a time of 59.32 seconds for sixth position.
Seventh fastest spot of the event was obtained by Johannes Skagius of Sweden, who stayed 0.36 seconds slower and transpired on the finishing end as seventh best finisher by reporting a time of 59.68 seconds.
Last spot of the race was obtained by Syo Asahi of Japan, who remained only 0.02 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and surfaced on the wall with an effort of 59.70 seconds.
In addition, Snyders was extremely happy with his title claiming effort in the 100m discipline and stressed that he would train harder in future to impress his fans by accomplishing the same at upcoming swimming competitions.
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