Kosuke Kitajima earns Men’s 100m breaststroke gold: Day two - Tatsumi International Pool, Tokyo
Kosuke Kitajima earned gold medal of the Men’s 100m breaststroke on day two of the Tatsumi International Pool in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, April 3.
The four-time Olympic champion, Kitajima stifled hopes of his opponents by occupying the national gold medal. With his remarkable efforts, he gave no chance to his competitors and remained in a prominent lead for the crown of the event.
His gold winning effort remained 0.01 seconds under the previous Japanese record of 58.91 seconds, as he tapped the wall with an effort of 58.90 seconds for gold medal.
His undisputed effort was trailed by Ryo Tateishi, who stayed 0.70 seconds slower from the gold medallist and cruised his way towards the finishing end for silver medal by posting an effort of 59.60 seconds.
The silver medallist was followed by Akihiro Yamaguchi, who completed his swim in a time of 1 minute and 00.86 seconds for bronze medal of the discipline.
Subsequently, the crowd witnessed laudable efforts of Hiromasa Sakimoto, who remained 0.20 seconds slower and failed to secure his spot on the podium and ended fourth by clocking a time of 1 minute and 00.66 seconds.
The fifth fastest spot of the race was secured by Kouhei Tominaga, who remained 0.31 seconds slower and hit the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 01.17 seconds.
In the meantime, Naoya Tomita stayed 0.08 seconds slower from his preceding swimmer and clocked a time of 1 minute and 01.25 seconds for sixth position.
With his invincible struggle, Tomita enjoyed an advantage of Yasuhiro Koseki, who stayed 0.02 seconds slower from overwhelming his former finisher and clocked a time of 1 minute and 01.27 seconds for seventh position.
The last position of the discipline was secured by Daiki Sakata, who failed to surpass any of his competitors and ended eighth in the 100m discipline. Sakata stayed 0.22 seconds behind his former finisher and submitted an effort of 1 minute and 01.49 seconds.
Kitajima was delighted with his immaculate effort in the playoff while he expressed his desire of continuing the same at upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games.
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