Robert Hurley pockets Men’s 100m backstroke gold – FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup
Robert Hurley of Australia pocketed gold medal of Men’s 100m backstroke on day one of the 2012 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup in Doha, Qatar on Saturday, October 6.
Hurley faced tough contest from his following swimmer in the four-lap backstroke discipline but managed to reach the top of podium for gold medal.
Hurley remained just a stroke ahead of his following swimmer and paved his way to the finishing wall for the title by producing an effort of 50.18 seconds.
The gold medalist was followed by Stanislav Donets of Russia, who stayed 0.29 seconds behind and made his way to the finishing wall for second position by clocking a time of 50.47 seconds.
The second position holder was followed by Kosuke Hagino of Japan, who suffered a deficit of almost half body length and made his way to the victory stand for bronze medal by producing a time of 50.92 seconds.
Fourth position of the race was obtained by Radoslaw Kawecki of Poland, who remained nearly 0.30 seconds behind and surfaced on the wall with a timing of 51.23 seconds.
Subsequently, Kawecki was followed by Ashley Delaney of Australia, who suffered a loss of only 0.07 seconds from his former finisher and clocked a timing of 51.30 seconds for fifth position.
Sixth best spot of the race was obtained by Helge Meeuw of Germany, who failed to make any notable improvement in his qualification time and transpired on the finishing end with a timing of 52.32 seconds.
The German swimmer was followed by Yu Zhang of China, who stayed 0.34 seconds slower and made his way to the finishing blockade for seventh position by touching the wall with an effort of 52.66 seconds.
Last spot of the race was gained by Kazuki Watanabe of Japan, who failed to overpower any of his opponents. Watanabe remained 0.39 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and clocked time of 53.05 seconds for eighth position.
In addition, Hurley received massive admiration from the crowd for his grueling efforts and said that he would train harder in future to achieve the same in future events.
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