Kenneth To grabs Men’s 200m IM gold – US Open Swimming Championships
Kenneth To of Australia grabbed gold medal of the Men’s 200m Individual Medley (IM) on final day of the 2012 US Open Swimming Championships at Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis on Saturday, August 11.
The 20-year-old To showered his expertise in the four-lap IM discipline as he sustained his fastest qualification spot of the race by clinching gold medal of the event.
His alluring effort remained half body length ahead of his closest rival as he touched the wall with a timing of 2 minutes and 00.13 seconds for the crown.
The champion was trailed by Adam Hinshaw of Palo Alto Stanford, who remained 0.44 seconds behind and earned silver medal of the race by producing a time of 2 minutes and 00.57 seconds.
Hinshaw was followed by Cory Chitwood of Northern KY Clip, who remained only 0.27 seconds behind and tapped the wall with a timing of 2 minutes and 00.84 seconds for bronze medal.
Chitwood remained just 0.24 seconds faster from Kyle Whitaker of University of Michigan, who failed to claim the third fastest spot on the podium and finished fourth in the race with an effort of 2 minutes and 01.08 seconds.
The 20-year-old Whitaker was chased by Austin Surhoff of North Baltimore, who stayed 2.17 seconds away from his preceding swimmer and posted a time of 2 minutes and 03.25 seconds for fifth position.
Subsequently, Surhoff was followed by Alex Wold of Santa Clara Swim Club, who stayed 0.13 seconds apart and finished sixth in the race by producing a time of 2 minutes and 03.38 seconds.
Wold enjoyed an advantage of 0.49 seconds over Stephen Schmuhl of Indiana University, who stayed prominent for seventh position of the event and hit the finishing blockade with an effort of 2 minutes and 03.87 seconds.
In the meantime, Cody Miller of Indiana University was disqualified from the race in the final lap and hence failed to secure any position.
To was extremely pleased with his performance in the 200m IM and stated that he would try to make his fans happy by achieving the same in forthcoming events.
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