Michael Klueh and Gareth Kean triumph gold medals in swimming events – 2011 World University Games
Michael Klueh of United States and Gareth Kean of New Zealand won gold medals of Men’s 800m freestyle and 100m back-stroke respectively, on the second day of the 2011 World University Games, which took place on August 15, in Shenzhen, China.
Klueh captured the gold medal of the event, by proving his eligibility for the gold crown with a timing of 7 minutes and 52.31 seconds. He was in a lead of more than one second over his closest competitor, Rocco Potenza of Italy, who occupied the podium
for silver medal by touching the wall in a time of 7 minutes and 53.45 seconds. Next was Yohsuke Miyamoto of Japan, who remained in a lead of almost three seconds and earned bronze medal of the event by submitting a time of 7 minutes and 56.29 seconds.
At the same time, the arena witnessed an immense effort of Heerden Herman of South Africa, as he was just 0.10 seconds slower than Miyamoto and settled as the fourth fastest swimmer of the event, with a timing of 7 minutes and 56.39 seconds. Later on, Sergii
Frolov of Ukraine was named as the fifth best swimmer of the event, as he was 2.96 seconds behind Herman and ended his swim in 7 minutes and 59.35 seconds. Frolov was trailed by David McKeon of Australia, who earned sixth finishing spot of the swim with a
timing of 8 minutes and 01.59 seconds.
Subsequently, in the Men’s 100m back-stroke, Kean was the fastest swimmer to conclude his two-lap race as he posted 54.71 seconds. Kean overwhelmed the effort of his strongest competitor and Spanish swimmer, Juan Miguel Rando Galvez, who acquired the silver
medal of the event by submitting a time of 54.94 seconds. Galvez was chased by Kurt Peter Bassett of New Zealand and Sebastiano Ranfagni of Italy, who ended with a tie and stepped on the podium for bronze medal, by clocking a same time of 55.21 seconds.
In the meantime, Artem Dubovskoy was the fifth fastest swimmer of the back-stroke discipline, as he was just 0.01 seconds behind the third position holders and produced an effort of 55.22 seconds. Then, Jan Philip Glania of Germany ranked sixth, as he ended
his swim in a time of 55.26 seconds.
Furthermore, the crowd enjoyed the praiseworthy swims of all athletes, who competed with each other in the first two events of the session, while the position holders were called upon the podium for their medals after the completion of the session.
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