James Feigen and Giedrius Titenis earn gold medals in Men’s events – 2011 World University Games
James Feigen of USA and Giedrius Titenis of Lithuania earned gold medals of Men’s 100m freestyle and 100m breast-stroke respectively, on the third day of the 2011 World University Games, which concluded on Tuesday, August 16, in Shenzhen, China.
Feigen was the most powerful swimmer of the 100m freestyle, as he defeated his fellow competitors by submitting a time of 49.26 seconds. He was trailed by Norbert Trandafir of Romania, who was only 0.15 seconds slower than the gold medallist and claimed
the silver medal of the event, by submitting a time of 49.41 seconds.
Trandafir was 0.09 seconds ahead of his closest competitor, Shinri Shioura of Japan, who obtained the bronze medal of the freestyle swim, by reporting in a time of 49.50 seconds.
In the meantime, the fourth fastest spot was secured by Nicolas Oliveira of Brazil, who was just 0.10 seconds slower than his former finisher and clocked a time of 49.60 seconds. He was followed by Kenji Kobase of Japan, who emerged as the fifth fastest
swimmer of the event, by posting a time of 49.90 seconds.
The sixth finest spot was obtained by Oleg Tikhobaev of Russia, who ended his swim behind Kobase, by producing a time of 49.94 seconds.
In the Men’s 100m breast-stroke meet, Titenis was sighted as the fastest swimmer of the event, as he completed his two-lap sprint by clocking a time of 1 minute and 00.39 seconds. He was chased by Glenn Snyders of New Zealand, who remained only 0.32 seconds
and acquired the silver medal of the event, by reporting a time of 1 minute and 00.71 seconds.
Snyders was trailed by Joao Gomes Junior of Brazil, as he was just 0.07 seconds slower than the silver medallist and concluded his swim by submitting an effort of 1 minute and 00.78 seconds.
Meanwhile, Gomes was followed by his team-member, Felipe Lima, who was just 0.08 seconds slower than his team-mate and appeared on the concluding wall, by posting a time of 1 minute and 00.86 seconds. Ryo Tateishi of Japan transpired as the fifth position
holder of the breast-stroke swim, as he finished his swim, with a timing of 1 minute and 01.15 seconds.
Valerii Dymo of Ukraine was the sixth position holder of the 100m breast-stroke swim, as he was 0.18 seconds behind the Japanese swimmer and posted a time of 1 minute and 01.33 seconds.
In addition, the crowd was thrilled with the first two events of the third day’s session, while the winners were invited upon the medal rostrum for their accolades after the day’s completion.
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