Laszlo Cseh and Lauren Boyle earn gold medals in swimming events – 2011 World University Games
Laszlo Cseh of Hungary and Lauren Boyle of New Zealand earned the gold medals of Men’s 200m butterfly and Women’s 800m freestyle respectively, on the initial day of the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China, on August 14.
Cseh acquired gold medal of the event by submitting a winning time of 1 minute and 55.87 seconds and remained 4.36 seconds behind the world record of 1 minute and 51.51 seconds, set by Michael Phelps in 2009.
The Hungarian swimmer was 0.19 seconds ahead of his strongest competitor, USA’s Robert Bollier, who obtained silver medal of the swim by submitting a time of 1 minute and 56.06 seconds. Bollier was trailed by Japanese swimmer, Hidemasa Sano, who was 0.75
seconds slower than him and concluded his race in a bronze winning time of 1 minute and 56.81 seconds to reach the medal rostrum.
Later on, Kazuya Kaneda of Japan claimed fourth position of the event, as he remained only 0.20 seconds slower than the third finisher and reported a time of 1 minute and 57.01 seconds. Meanwhile, Bollier’s team-member, Mark Dylla surfaced as the fifth finest
swimmer of the discipline, as he stayed only 0.99 seconds behind his preceding finisher and clocked a time of 1 minute and 58.00 seconds. Consequently, Italy’s Francesco Pavone accomplished sixth spot of the butterfly event, as he posted 1 minute and 58.44
seconds on the board.
Moments later, Boyle occupied gold medal of the Women’s 800m event by posting a time of 8 minutes and 26.30 seconds. She was chased by USA’s Haley Anderson, who reported a second fastest time of 8 minutes and 27.11 seconds for second position. Spain’s Melania
Felicitas Costa Schmid reported as the third fastest spot of the event by submitting a time of 8 minutes and 33.66 seconds.
In the meantime, Italy’s Martina De Memme posted a time of 8 minutes and 37.05 seconds and finished fourth. De Memme was followed by Megan Gilchrist of Germany, who ended her swim in 8 minutes and 38.26 seconds.
Next was Meredith Budner of Israel, who captured sixth position of the discipline by producing a time of 8 minutes and 41.55 seconds. Alice Nesti of Italy was only 2.18 seconds slower than Budner and earned seventh spot of the race with a timing of 8 minutes
and 43.73 seconds.
Furthermore, the arena appreciated the phenomenal swims of all participants who tried hard to capture medals in their respective events, while the podium securers were invited to the medal rostrum after the completion of the session.
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