Jon Margeir Sverrisson clinches Men’s 200m freestyle gold – 2012 Paralympic Games
Jon Margeir Sverrisson of Iceland clinched gold medal of the Men’s 200m freestyle in S14 category on day four of the swimming events at the 2012 London Paralympic Games in Aquatics Centre on Sunday, September 2.
Sverrisson stunned the aquatic crowd with his phenomenal form in the four-lap freestyle event, where he faced no trouble from his challengers and transpired on the finishing blockade for gold medal.
With his astonishing efforts in the freestyle event, Sverrisson remained marginally ahead of his closest challenger and tapped the finishing blockade for gold medal by posting a wonderful time of 1 minute and 59.62 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Daniel Fox of Australia, who stayed 0.17 seconds slower from his former finisher and occupied second position of the race by clocking a nice time of 1 minute and 59.79 seconds.
Fox was trailed by Wonsang Cho of Korea, who stayed 0.14 seconds behind and completed the medal rostrum by claiming bronze medal of the race in a time of 1 minute and 59.93 seconds.
The Korean player was chased by Marc Evers of Netherlands, who remained nearly one body length slower from his preceding swimmer and hit the wall with a timing of 2 minutes and 00.76 seconds for fourth place.
Evers was traced by Mitchell Kilduff of Australia, who stayed 0.33 seconds apart and made his way to the finishing blockade as fifth finest swimmer by clocking a time of 2 minutes and 01.09 seconds.
Sixth position of the race was secured by Wai Lok Tang of Hong Kong, China, who secured sixth best place of the event by touching the wall with an effort of 2 minutes and 02.89 seconds.
Tang was trailed by Daniel Pepper of Great Britain, who stayed 0.38 seconds away from his former finisher and tapped the wall with a timing of 2 minutes and 03.27 seconds.
Similarly, Pepper remained only 0.03 seconds faster from his teammate, Ben Procter, who ended his race in eighth place by posting a time of 2 minutes and 03.30 seconds.
In addition, Sverrisson expressed contentment over his victory in the freestyle event.
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