Richard Funk grabs Men’s 50m breaststroke gold: Day three – 2012 Canadian Summer Nationals
Richard Funk of KEYANO grabbed gold medal of the Men’s 50m breaststroke on day three of the 2012 Canadian Summer Nationals at the Edmonton Kinsmen Sport Centre in Edmonton on Saturday, July 21.
The 19-year-old Funk devastated hopes of his challengers in the one-lap breaststroke discipline as he proved his eligibility for the crown of the discipline.
He remained dominant over his challengers from the start and hit the finishing wall for first position by producing a time of 27.97 seconds.
His gold claiming effort remained 0.41 seconds faster from Jason Block of UCSC, who followed him on the victory stand for silver medal by producing a time of 28.38 seconds.
The second position holder was chased by Andrew Poznikoff of Simon Fraser Aquatics, who was just 0.05 seconds apart and hit the finishing wall as third position holder by submitting a time of 28.43 seconds.
Poznikoff was traced by Chris Tobin of UCSC, who remained 0.11 seconds slower from securing his spot on the podium and settled on the finishing blockade as fourth fastest finisher by reporting a time of 28.54 seconds.
The 26-year-old Tobin was trailed by Jonathan Naisby of SHER, who suffered a deficit of 0.38 seconds from his and completed his swim in fifth best place by reporting a time of 28.92 seconds.
Similarly, Naisby was followed by Konrad Bald of GHAC, who stayed 0.39 seconds apart and remained prominent for sixth position of the discipline by producing an effort of 29.31 seconds.
Seventh finest spot of the race was gained by Hugues Patry of Megophias, who was 0.12 seconds behind and hit the wall with an effort of 29.43 seconds.
Patry was followed by Michel Boulianne of OSC, who was 0.10 seconds away from Patry and clocked a timing of 29.53 seconds for eighth position.
Ninth position of the event was secured by Julian Monks of Simon Fraser Aquatics, who stayed 0.07 seconds slower and posted an effort of 29.60 seconds.
Funk was extremely pleased with his performance in the event and stressed that he would try to live up to the hopes of his supporters by achieving the same in upcoming championships.
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