Katinka Hosszu earns Women’s 100m backstroke gold – 2012 Indian Ocean Meet
Katinka Hosszu of Hungary earned gold medal of the Women’s 100m backstroke on second day of the 2012 Indian Ocean Meet in St. Paul, Reunion, on Saturday, December 29.
The Hungarian swimmer smothered hopes of her opponents in the backstroke discipline as she went on a rampage in the playoff and secured the crown.
Hosszu continued her gold raking form and snared the title by touching the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 00.44 seconds.
Her astonishing pace remained one and a half body length ahead of her closest competitor, Aleksandra Putra of Poland, who stepped on the victory stand for silver medal by producing an effort of 1 minute and 02.83 seconds.
The second position holder was followed by Cloe Hache of France, who was more than a body length behind and surfaced on the finishing wall for third position by clocking a time of 1 minute and 04.07 seconds.
The third position holder was followed by Christelle Bertsch of France, who was 0.12 seconds slower and surfaced on the finishing end fourth place by locking a time of 1 minute and 04.19 seconds.
Fifth fastest spot of the race was obtained by Emma Morel of France, who remained 1.18 seconds behind and emerged on the finishing end by clocking an effort of 1 minute and 05.37 seconds.
Morel was followed by Varuna Jasodanand, who stayed 1.08 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and surfaced on the finishing end for sixth place by touching the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 06.45 seconds.
Seventh position of the event was obtained by Aina-Estellah Fils Rabetsara, who suffered a loss of 3.85 seconds from her former finisher and tapped the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 10.30 seconds.
Fils was followed by Aude Faubourg of France, who stayed considerably slower from her foregoing finisher and tapped the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 13.72 seconds.
In addition, Hosszu received massive admiration from the audience for her notable form and stressed that she would try hard in future to improve the world mark of the discipline.
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