Marcus Titus wins Men’s 100m breast-stroke gold title – 2011 World Deaf Swimming Championships
Marcus Titus of United States accomplished the gold medal of Men’s 100m breast-stroke meet on day five of the 2011 World Deaf Swimming Championships on Thursday, August 11, in Coimbra, Portugal.
The 25-year-old Titus comfortably flew away from his opponents and won the gold medal in a Deaf Championship Record time of 1 minute and 01.15 seconds. The prior championship mark was also owned by Titus, as he clocked 1 minute and 01.56 seconds in the qualifying
rounds, earlier at the championship. In addition, he also remained 1.15 seconds slower from improving his own world record of 1 minute and 00.00 seconds, set by Titus in 2009.
The American was followed by his strongest competitor, Ruslan Lebedev of Russia, who was 5.62 seconds slower than him and earned the silver medal, with a timing of 1 minute and 06.77 seconds. Lebedev was chased by a Ukrainian swimmer, Andriy Zurgalidze of
Russia, who secured the podium for third position, by reporting in a time of 1 minute and 07.17 seconds.
Meanwhile, Ilya Lukyanov of Russia transpired as the fourth position holder of the event, as he remained 2.43 seconds slower than the bronze medallist and posted a time of 1 minute and 09.60 seconds. Lukyanov was in a lead of 1.25 seconds ahead of his closest
rival and team-member, Martin Fomin, who ended his race in a fifth finest time of 1 minute and 10.85 seconds.
In the meantime, Sam Chamberlain of Great Britain earned sixth fastest spot of the swim, by clocking a time of 1 minute and 12.12 seconds. He was followed by Rolan Van Der Lugt of Netherlands, who stayed 1.17 seconds behind Chamberlain and concluded his
swim in seventh place, with a timing of 1 minute and 13.29 seconds. Jack McComish of Great Britain settled as the eighth fastest swimmer of the event, as he posted a time of 1 minute and 18.91 seconds.
The session ended with the magnificent efforts of all participants, while the championship will end on August 13, after the completion of all events.
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