Jan Konovalov earns Men’s 200m freestyle title: Day one – 2012 Ukraine Summer Cup
Jan Konovalov of Cues earned gold medal of the Men’s 200m freestyle on primary day of the 2012 Ukraine Summer Cup in Kharkiv on Monday, May 7.
With his invincible efforts in the four-lap freestyle discipline, Konovalov spoiled the party of his challengers and sprinted his way towards the finishing end for gold medal.
His alluring efforts remained considerably ahead of his challengers throughout the 200m discipline as he hit the finishing blockade with the timing of 1 minute and 50.16 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Jaroslav Denisenko of PFA, who stayed 0.88 seconds behind and proved his mettle for second position of the event by submitting a wonderful time of 1 minute and 51.04 seconds.
The silver medallist was followed by Frolov Sergei of ANW, who stayed 0.29 seconds behind and reached the medal rostrum for bronze medal by reporting a nice time of 1 minute and 51.33 seconds.
Fourth best spot of the race was secured by Cyril Sweden of CLC, who stayed almost one body length slower from his foregoing finisher and clocked an impressive time of 1 minute and 52.12 seconds.
Sweden remained 0.88 seconds faster from his following swimmer, Bogdan Kazakov of ANW, who occupied fifth best finishing spot of the event by producing a time of 1 minute and 53.00 seconds.
The fifth position holder was followed by Irakli Revyshvyly of ARD, who stayed just 0.07 seconds slower and secured sixth position of the event by submitting a time of 1 minute and 53.07 seconds.
Seventh position of the discipline was secured by Stanislav Sayko of PFA, who remained 1.02 seconds behind and hit the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 54.09 seconds.
Similarly, Sayko stayed prominently ahead of his following swimmer, Elias Teslenko of CLC, who secured eighth position of the event by posting a time of 1 minute and 54.86 seconds.
In addition, the crowd admired scintillating efforts of all position holders in the 200m discipline while the medal winners were invited on the victory stand for awards and accolades at the prize distribution ceremony of the championship.
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