Kenneth To acquires Men’s 100m butterfly gold – FINA Swimming World Cup, Beijing
Kenneth To of Australia acquired gold medal of the Men’s 100m butterfly on second day of the sixth stop of the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup Series in Beijing, China on Saturday, November 3.
The Australian swimmer smothered hopes of his opponents in the butterfly discipline as he proved his mettle for gold medal.
With his immaculate efforts, To gained a comfortable lead over his challengers and surfaced on the wall for gold medal with an incredible timing of 50.96 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Qibin Zhang, who stayed 0.25 seconds away from his foregoing finisher and transpired on the finishing end as second position holder by reporting a nice time of 51.21 seconds.
Zhang was traced by Jason Dunford of Kenya, who was 0.13 seconds away from his former finisher and surfaced on the wall as third position holder by clocking a wonderful effort of 51.34 seconds.
Subsequently, fourth finest spot of the race was obtained by Christopher Wright of Australia, who was half a body length slower from cementing his spot on the victory stand and tapped the wall with an effort of 51.89 seconds.
Subsequently, Wright was followed by Viacheslav Prudnikov of Russia, who was 0.72 seconds away from upsetting his former finisher and tapped the wall with a timing of 52.61 seconds for fifth position.
Sixth fastest spot of the event was secured by Frederico Castro of Brazil, who stayed 0.07 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and ended his swim in a time of 52.68 seconds.
Castro was traced by Jander Lazaroni of Brazil, who stayed 0.08 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and emerged on the finishing blockade as seventh position holder by completing his swim in a time of 52.76 seconds.
Eighth position of the event was obtained by Zhijie Xu, who was 1.06 seconds behind and transpired on the finishing end with the timing of 53.82 seconds.
In addition, To received massive admiration from the audience after the gold raking effort and articulated that he would continue his hard in future to excel at the 2012 World Short Course Championships.
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