Michael Phelps clinches Men’s 100m butterfly title: Day seven – 2011 FINA World Championships
Michael Phelps of USA clinched the title of Men’s 100m butterfly meet on day seven of the 2011 FINA World Championships on Saturday, July 30, in Shanghai, China.
The Shanghai world titles are the 14th Long Course Swimming Championships scheduled by the international aquatic sports governing body, Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA).
Phelps, who entered the final as the top qualifying swimmer, sustained his spot in the final round and earned the title of butterfly swim, by submitting a top fastest time of 50.71 seconds. His gold winning effort was just 0.99 seconds away from his own world mark of 49.82 seconds, set at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.
He was followed by Konrad Czerniak of Poland, who ended his swim just 0.34 seconds after the gold medallist and emerged on the concluding wall in a second fastest time of 51.15 seconds for second position. Phelps’s team-member, Tyler McGill stepped on the podium for the bronze medal, as he remained only 0.11 seconds behind his former finisher and concluded his swim in a third fastest time of 51.26 seconds.
Moments later, Jason Dunford of Kenya transpired as the fourth finest finisher of the two-lap event, as he remained 0.23 seconds slower than his former finisher and touched the finishing wall to clock a time of 51.59 seconds. He was followed by Takuro Fujii of USA, who failed to overcome Dunford’s effort with a difference of only 0.16 seconds and posted a fifth fastest time of 51.75 seconds.
Evgeny Korotyshkin of Russia was the sixth fastest finisher of the event, as he touched the finishing wall to produce a time of 51.86 seconds. Joeri Verlinden of Netherlands and Geoff Huegill of Australia were the final swimmers to complete their swims, as they managed to secure the seventh and eighth best spots, with timings of 52.21 and 52.36 seconds, respectively.
In addition, the arena applauded the remarkable efforts of all participants, while the winners received awards and accolades for their furious swims after the completion of the session.
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