Justin James pockets Men’s 200m IM gold – Swimming news
Justin James of AUS pocketed gold medal in the event of Men’s 200m Individual Medley (IM) on third day of the Swimming events at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia on Friday, July 12.
The Australian swimmer devastated hopes of his opponents in the 200m discipline as he cruised his way towards the finishing end for the title. With his impeccable pace, James remained marginally ahead of his closest competitor and tapped the wall for the
title.
He faced tough contest from his following swimmer in the four-lap discipline but with his alluring effort, he managed to secure the title with the timing of 1 minute and 58.35 seconds.
The gold medallist was chased by Hiromasa Fujimori of Japan, who stepped on the finishing end for bronze medal by producing a time of 1 minute and 58.76 seconds.
The second best finisher was chased by Takahiro Tsutsumi of Japan, who was almost 0.80 seconds slower and completed the podium by winning bronze medal with an effort of 1 minute and 59.54 seconds.
Third fastest spot of the discipline was secured by Kyle Whitaker of USA, who remained 0.90 seconds slower and tapped the wall for fourth place with the timing of 2 minutes and 00.42 seconds.
Fifth finest spot of the race was obtained by Dmitry Zhilin of Russia, who was 0.70 seconds slower and touched the wall with an effort of 2 minutes and 01.13 seconds.
Sixth spot of the event was obtained by Daniel Lester of Australia, who was almost 0.07 seconds slower from his preceding swimmer and tapped the wall with an effort of 2 minutes and 01.20 seconds.
Seventh position of the race was obtained by Dmitrii Gorbunov of Russia, who was 0.47 seconds slower and clocked an effort of 2 minutes and 01.67 seconds.
Eighth position of the race was obtained by Ganesh Pedurand of France, who was 0.50 seconds slower and tapped the wall with an effort of 2 minutes and 02.18 seconds.
Furthermore, James was contented with his top finish in the race and stressed that he would try hard to continue the same in future events.
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