Marcus Titus lowers Championship Record of Men’s 50m butterfly – World Deaf Swimming Championships
Marcus Titus of United States occupied the title of Men’s 50m butterfly in a new Deaf Championship Record time, on day three of the 2011 World Deaf Swimming Championships on Tuesday, August 9, in Coimbra, Portugal.
These world titles are the third World Deaf Championships, being supervised by the international aquatic sport’s governing body, Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA).
The 25-year-old Titus presented an extraordinary swim in the one-lap event, as he submitted a time of 25.17 seconds. Titus had already improved the Deaf Championship Record by posting a wonderful time of 25.42 seconds in the preliminary rounds of the same
events, earlier at the championship. Nevertheless, the American’s time was 0.35 seconds away from the world record of 24.82 seconds, set by Xu Jia h*i
of China in 2009.
The gold medallist was chased by Ilya Trishkin of Russia, who remained 0.25 seconds behind the world record holder and posted a second fastest time of 25.42 seconds for silver medal. Trishkin maintained a slight lead of 0.76 seconds over his closest competitor,
Luca Germano of Italy, who transpired on the podium for bronze medal, with a timing of 26.18 seconds.
The fourth finest spot of the swim was claimed by Guilherme Maia Kabbach of Brasil, who stayed 0.43 seconds slower than the third finisher and posted a time of 26.61 seconds. Kabbach edged out his closest competitor, Ilya Sarykin of Russia, with a difference
of 0.05 seconds, as Sarykin ended his sprint in a time of 26.66 seconds.
Sarykin’s team-member, Vadim Borovik transpired as the sixth fastest swimmer of the event, as he stayed only 0.13 seconds behind his team-mate and produced a time of 26.79 seconds. Robin Goldberg of Germany was the seventh position holder of the event, as
he concluded his single-lap sprint in 26.98 seconds. Ukraine’s Rostyslav Iakubovskyi perched on the finishing wall as the eighth finisher, as he reported in a time of 27.15 seconds.
Furthermore, the competition will carry on for four more successive days to conclude all scheduled swimming events.
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