Katinka Hosszu secures Women’s 400m IM title – FINA Swimming World Cup, Singapore
Katinka Hosszu of Hungary secured gold medal of the Women’s 400m Individual Medley (IM) on second day of the final stop of the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup Series in Singapore, Asia on Sunday, November 11.
Hosszu, who remained the busiest swimmer throughout the FINA World Cup Series, continued her nerve-wrecking form on the concluding stage.
The Hungarian swimmer stifled hopes of her opponents in the distant IM discipline and proved her eligibility for the crown.
With her gruelling pace, she managed to outperform her closest rival and compatriot, Zsuzsanna Jakabos on the wall for the title. Hosszu remained only a stroke ahead of her closest competitor and tapped the wall with a timing of 4 minutes 27.96 seconds.
The top fastest pace was followed by Jakabos, who remained 0.35 seconds apart and reached the finishing wall for silver medal by posting an effort of 4 minutes and 28.31 seconds.
The silver medallist was traced by Miyu Otsuka of Japan, who was 5.24 seconds behind and clocked an effort of 4 minutes and 33.55 seconds for bronze medal.
Otsuka was followed by Jessica Pengelly of South Africa, who was 0.08 seconds slower and appeared on the finishing wall for fourth position by producing an effort of 4 minutes and 33.63 seconds.
Subsequently, Pengelly was chased by Jacqueline Staples of Australia, who stayed considerably slower from her former finisher and reached the finishing end for fifth place by clocking an effort of 4 minutes and 43.21 seconds.
Staples was chased by Leah Cutting of Australia, who suffered a loss of almost two seconds from her foregoing finisher and concluded her race in sixth place by hitting the wall with an effort of 4 minutes and 45.14 seconds.
The Australian swimmer was followed by Xiaojun Chen of China, who was unable to surpass any of her competitors as she remained 5.08 seconds slower and ended her swim in a time of 4 minutes and 50.22 seconds.
Furthermore, Hosszu received a huge round of applause from the audience for her gruelling efforts while the position holders received awards and accolades after the race.
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