Lisa Zaiser claims Women's 50m breast-stroke gold: Day three – 2011 Austrian Qualifying Meet
Lisa Zaiser of Austria claimed gold medal of Women's 50m breast-stroke on third day of the 2011 Austrian Short Course Qualifying Meet on Sunday, November 27 in Vienna New Town, Austria.
The 17-year-old Zaiser demonstrated her gruelling efforts in the open category of breast-stroke discipline. She devastated hopes of her competitors by earning the title of the event in a splendid time of 31.85 seconds. With her remarkable efforts, she remained nearly 1.22 seconds away from the meet record of 30.63 seconds, made by Zoe Baker of Austria in 2007.
The champion remained only a touch away from her following swimmer, Tjasa Vozel of Slovenia. The 17-year-old Vozel remained just 0.05 seconds slower than her former swimmer on the finishing wall and reported a time of 31.90 seconds for silver medal.
The third spot of the race was occupied by Christina Strigl of Austria, who was just 0.08 seconds behind the silver medallist and posted a time of 31.98 seconds for bronze medal. The 18-year-old Strigl outperformed her closest competitor Buse Gunaydin of Turkey on the finishing end with a difference of 0.08 seconds.
The 22-year-old Gunaydin was just half a stroke away from her former finisher and hit the wall with the fourth fastest timing of 32.06 seconds. In the meantime, Kristyna Kolarova of Czech proved her dominance for the fifth fastest spot of the race as she concluded her swim in a time of 32.75 seconds.
The 19-year-old Kolarova was 0.25 seconds ahead of her subsequent rival, Caroline Reitshammer of Austria, who submitted a time of 33.00 seconds for sixth position.
The 20-year-old Reitshammer managed to out-touch her following swimmer, Cassandra Gimeno Grauwinkel of Austria.
The 22-year-old Grauwinkel appeared on the finishing end for seventh fastest spot of the race as she clocked an effort of 33.04 seconds. She was 0.51 seconds ahead of Christina Nothdurfter, who ended her swim in the eighth fastest time of 33.55 seconds.
The arena acknowledged scintillating efforts of all finalists in the breast-stroke discipline. In addition, the winners were invited on the victory stand for awards and accolades after the completion of championship.
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