Kenneth To clinches Men’s 100m butterfly title – US Open Swimming Championships
Kenneth To of Australia clinched gold medal of the Men’s 100m butterfly on third day of the 2012 US Open Swimming Championships at Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis on Thursday, August 9.
The 20-year-old To smothered his opponents in the playoff of the 100m discipline and occupied the title of the discipline. With his laudable efforts, To sustained his fastest qualification spot of the event in the final and hit the finishing wall for gold
medal.
His scintillating pace placed him comfortably ahead of his opponents in the start and he grabbed gold medal of the event with a wonderful timing of 52.65 seconds.
His tremendous efforts remained 0.24 seconds slower from Kyler Van Swol of Minnesota Aquatics, who finished second in the race by posting a nice time of 52.89 seconds for silver medal.
The second position holder was followed by Daniel Lester of Australia, who stayed only 0.04 seconds slower and managed to secure a bronze medal by submitting a time of 52.93 seconds.
Fourth fastest spot of the discipline was secured by John Conger of Rockville Montgomery Swim Club, who remained 0.11 seconds behind and tapped the wall with a timing of 53.04 seconds for fourth position.
Conger was traced by Nico van Duijn of Switzerland, who stayed just 0.01 seconds behind and completed his race in fifth best place by producing a time of 53.05 seconds.
The 21-year-old van Duijn was followed by Mehdy Metella of France, who failed to make a significant improvement in his pace and concluded his swim in a time of 53.12 seconds for sixth position.
Subsequently, Metella was followed by Giles Smith of University of Arizona, who suffered a loss of only 0.07 seconds from her former finisher and posted a time of 53.19 seconds for seventh position.
Smith was traced by Lachlan Staples of Australia, who remained 0.28 seconds slower and settled on the finishing wall as eighth position holder by clocking a time of 53.47 seconds.
In addition, To was pleased with his performance in the 100m discipline and articulated that he would try harder to sustain that in future events.
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