Koba Hope clinches Women’s 50m freestyle title: Day one – 2012 Ukraine Summer Cup
Koba Hope of Sticks clinched gold medal of the Women’s 50m freestyle on opening day of the 2012 Ukraine Summer Cup in Kharkiv on Monday, May 7.
Hope went full rampant in the single lap freestyle event and stifled hopes of her challengers by occupying gold medal of the event in a wonderful manner.
With her stupendous efforts, she gained a slight competitive edge just after the start of the race while with her continued efforts, she earned her way to the medal rostrum for gold medal by clocking a time of 25.78 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Mirror Anna of DON, who remained 0.02 seconds apart and tapped the wall for silver medal by posting a time of 25.80 seconds.
The second position holder was followed by Stepaniuc Daria of CLC, who remained just 0.04 seconds slower from improving her spot and ended her swim in third place by clocking a time of 25.84 seconds.
Fourth best spot of the discipline was secured by Vac Alina of LUG, who was almost half a second slower from upsetting the bronze medallist and clocked a timing of 26.35 seconds.
Alina remained 0.13 seconds faster from Dikidzhi Catherine RVN, who finished her swim in fifth best place by submitting a time of 26.48 seconds.
With her persistent efforts, she succeeded in outperforming her following swimmer, Rahushenko Mrs. of ANW, who stayed 0.11 seconds slower and clocked a time of 26.59 seconds for sixth position.
The sixth fastest finisher was trailed by Pikiner Irina of DPR, who was just one stroke away from overpowering Rahushenko and settled on the finishing blockade as seventh best finisher with the timing of 26.70 seconds.
Irina was followed by Oksana Marchuk of RVN, who was 0.53 seconds apart and ended her sprint in a time of 27.23 seconds for eighth position of the event.
Furthermore, the session ended after the conclusion of all planned events while the arena enjoyed ruthless efforts of all contestants in the 50m event.
In addition, the position holders were awarded medals and accolades for their notable sprints after the session.
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