Jason Dunford pockets Men’s 100m butterfly gold: Day two – 2012 Paris Open
Jason Dunford of Kenya pocketed gold medal of the Men’s 100m butterfly on day two of the 2012 Paris Open Swimming Championships on Saturday, July 7.
Dunford stifled hopes of his challengers with his fascinating form in the double lap butterfly event. He gained a comfortable lead over his challengers from the start and paved his way to the finishing wall for gold medal.
His stupendous pace coupled with his gruelling strategy played an important role in his victory as he tapped the wall with an effort of 52.55 seconds for the title of the event.
His gold claiming effort remained almost 0.80 seconds faster from Pawel Korzeniowski of Poland, who proved his mettle for second position of the discipline by submitting a time of 53.31 seconds.
The second position holder was chased by Piero Codia of Italy, who was only 0.02 seconds slower from his former finisher and hit the wall with an effort of 53.33 seconds for bronze medal.
The bronze medallist was chased by Francois Heersbrandt of Belgium, who stayed only 0.11 seconds slower from overpowering his foregoing finisher and touched the wall with the timing of 53.44 seconds.
Afterwards, the crowd witnessed stupendous efforts of Anastasia Zueva of Russia in the Women’s 100m backstroke playoff. The Russian swimmer remained dominant over her challengers from the start and made her way to the finishing blockade for gold medal with
an effort of 59.40 seconds.
Her title-claiming effort remained 1.15 seconds ahead of Alexianne Castel of France, who finished her race in second place by producing a time of 1 minute and 00.55 seconds.
The silver medallist was chased by Duane Da Rocha Marce of Spain, who stayed just a stroke apart and settled on the medal rostrum for bronze medal with the timing of 1 minute and 00.97 seconds.
Similarly, Rocha Marce was chased by Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who stayed only 0.02 seconds apart and finished fourth in the event with the timing of 1 minute and 00.99 seconds.
Dunford and Zueva were very happy with their accomplishments in their respective disciplines and articulated that they will try to achieve the same at upcoming events.
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