Ihar Boki claims Men’s 100m freestyle gold – 2012 Paralympic Games
Ihar Boki of Belarus claimed gold medal of the Men’s 100m freestyle in S13 category on fourth day of the swimming events at the 2012 London Paralympic Games in Aquatics Centre on Sunday, September 2.
Boki astonished the audience with his mind-blowing form in the two-lap freestyle event. He faced no competition from his opponents and proved his mettle for gold medal by completing his swim in a world record time.
With his unrelenting efforts, Boki enjoyed a lead of one body length over his toughest challenger and touched the wall with a timing of 51.91 seconds.
The champion was followed by Charles Bouwer of South Africa, who remained 1.06 seconds away from his preceding swimmer and hit the wall with a timing of 52.97 seconds.
Bouwer was traced by Aleksandr Golintovskii of Russia, who suffered a loss of 0.48 seconds from his former finisher and finished third in the event by posting a time of 53.45 seconds.
The third fastest finisher was chased by Timothy Antalfy of Australia, who stayed 0.18 seconds slower from securing third spot on the podium and settled fourth in the event with a timing of 53.63 seconds.
Similarly, Antalfy was trailed by Danylo Chufarov of Ukraine, who was only 0.01 seconds behind and clocked a time of 53.64 seconds for fifth position.
Chufarov remained just an inch ahead of Belarus’ Dzmitry Salei, who transpired on the finishing blockade as sixth fastest swimmer by completing his race in a time of 53.76 seconds.
Seventh position of the event was obtained by Roman Dubovoy of Russia, who was 0.08 seconds apart and clocked a time of 53.84 seconds.
Last spot of the race was gained by Carlos Farrenberg of Brazil, who tried hard to overpower any of his challengers but failed to do so. Farrenberg remained 0.30 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and tapped the wall with an effort of 54.14 seconds for eighth position.
In addition, Boki received a huge round of applause from the audience for his notable efforts and articulated that he would train harder to continue the same in future events.
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