Kazuya Kaneda wins Men’s 200m butterfly title – FINA Swimming World Cup, Singapore
Kazuya Kaneda of Japan won gold medal of the Men’s 200m butterfly on opening day of the concluding stop of the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup Series in Singapore, Asia on Saturday, November 10.
The Japanese swimmer showed no leniency to his opponents in the distant butterfly discipline as he was eager to earn his way to the top of medal rostrum for gold medal.
With his quickest response to the start, Kaneda gained a remarkable lead over his following swimmer to ensure his place on top of the victory stand for gold medal.
With his notable form in the eight-lap event, Kaneda remained in a considerable lead over his opponents and transpired on the finishing wall for gold medal with a timing of 1 minute and 52.23 seconds.
He was chased by Christopher Wright of Australia, who stayed 4.80 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and surfaced on the finishing end as second best finisher by producing a time of 1 minute and 57.03 seconds.
The silver medallist was chased by Jerryl Yong of Singapore, who stayed nearly sixth body lengths apart and cruised his way towards the finishing wall for bronze medal by posting an effort of 2 minutes and 02.96 seconds.
The bronze medallist was chased by Zheng Kai Lee of Singapore, who stayed only four seconds slower from upsetting his former finisher and settled on the finishing end as fourth best finisher by producing a time of 2 minutes and 06.73 seconds.
Fifth fastest spot of the event was obtained by Dylan Junjin Tan of Singapore, who was almost four seconds slower and clocked an effort of 2 minutes and 10.69 seconds.
Tan was traced by Ali Saeed of UAE, who was only 0.72 seconds apart and clocked a time of 2 minutes and 11.41 seconds for sixth position.
Seventh spot of the race was obtained by Omar Mohamed of UAE, who was considerably slower from his foregoing finisher and posted an effort of 2 minutes and 18.12 seconds.
In addition, Kaneda was overjoyed with his title finish and raked medal after the completion of events.
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