Matthew Abood seizes Men’s 100m freestyle gold – EnergyAustralia SC Championships
Matthew Abood of Cranbrook seized gold medal of the Men’s 100m freestyle on last day of the 2012 EnergyAustralia Short Course Championships at Challenge Stadium in Perth on Sunday, September 16.
Abood served notice of his relentless efforts in the 100m discipline and proved supremacy over his opponents for the title of the event. He qualified into the playoff as fifth best swimmer but with his commendable pace, he outsmarted his opponents and finished
first.
The 26-year-old Abood faced tough battle from Tommaso D’Orsogna of West Coast, WA throughout the discipline but succeeded in edging him out over the finishing wall for gold medal with an effort of 47.33 seconds.
His gold claiming effort remained only 0.02 seconds faster from D’Orsogna, who followed him on the victory stand for silver medal by submitting a time of 47.35 seconds.
The second position holder was followed by Kyle Richardson of Chandler, QLD, who stayed 0.26 seconds apart and proved his mettle for bronze medal of the event by touching the wall with a timing of 47.61 seconds.
Richardson was chased by Cameron McEvoy of Southport Olympic Swimming Club, who stayed only 0.02 seconds behind and settled on the wall as fourth best finisher with a timing of 47.63 seconds.
McEvoy was followed by his teammate, Andrew Digby, who stayed 0.32 seconds away from overpowering his preceding swimmer and touched the wall for fifth place with an effort of 47.95 seconds.
Digby was traced by Andrew Abood of Cranbrook, who remained 0.09 seconds behind and finished his race in sixth place by producing an effort of 48.04 seconds.
Seventh best qualifying position of the discipline was secured by Alexander Graham of St Kevins, VIC, who suffered a loss of only 0.33 seconds from his former finisher and submitted an effort of 48.37 seconds.
Graham was chased by Kurt Herzog of Cherrybrook Carl, who stayed 0.04 seconds behind and completed his race in a time of 48.41 seconds for eighth position.
In addition, Abood received a huge round of applause from the crowd and articulated his desire of accomplishing the same at superior levels of swimming.
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