Rachel Goh and Chad Le Clos dominate in Berlin: 2011 FINA World Cup
Two young athletes in the field of competitive swimming, Rachel Goh of Australia and Chad Le Clos of South Africa performed well to impress the arena at the seven stop 2011 FINA World Cup series in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday, October 22. The session of
meet conduced the Women’s 50m back-stroke and Men’s 200m butterfly events.
Rachel Goh of Australia ousted her rivals, compatriot Belinda Hocking and Elizabeth Simmonds of Great Britain in an important encounter by hitting the finishing wall in a fastest time of 26.80 seconds to win the Women’s 50m back-stroke title. In the meantime,
the silver title went to Hocking in a time of 27.02 seconds and Simmonds claimed bronze medal with a mark of 27.09 seconds.
Russia’s Anastasia Zueva and Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina gave their inspiring attempts in the respective race and claimed fourth place honours by touching the finishing wall in a matching time of 27.22 seconds. Moreover, Katarina Milly of Slovakia and HannaMaria
Seppala of Finland earned sixth position by posting an identical mark of 28.02 seconds. Finally, Jenny Mensing of Colombia finished eighth by submitting a time of 28.17 seconds.
In the second race, the double Commonwealth gold medallist, Chad Le Clos of South Africa triumphed over his strongest contestants, Japan’s Hidemasa Sano and Great Britain’s Michael Rock by thrashing the finishing wall in a remarkable time of 1 minute and
50.15 seconds to claim Men’s 200m butterfly title.
Le Clos was the gold medallist in 200m butterfly race at the 2010 World Championships edition in Dubai. Additionally, he claimed two gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in Delhi.
In the meantime, Sano picked silver medal by completing his distance in a time of 1 minute and 50.58 seconds and Rock settled for bronze title in a blot of 1 minute and 54.07 seconds. Pawel Korzeniowski of Poland splashed hard in the respective race and
wound up fourth in a time of 1 minute and 54.24 seconds, while Egon Van Der Straeten of Belgian picked fifth position by hitting the finishing wall in a time of 1 minute and 54.83 seconds.
In addition, Tim Wallburger of Germany claimed sixth position by posting a matchless time of 1 minute and 55.12 seconds and Tom Siara of Colombia settled for seventh spot by submitting a time of 1 minute and 56.03 seconds. Last, but not the least, Serbia’s
Velimir Stjepanovic posted a time of 1 minute and 56.11 seconds to earn eighth place.
Due to the impressive swims of Rachel Goh and Chad Le Clos, both the winners were awarded gold medals and cash prizes after the session’s completion. The fifth round of the seven stop the 2011 FINA World Cup Series is set to take place in Singapore, from
November 4-5.
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