Ryosuke Irie captures Men’s 200m backstroke gold: Day three - 2012 Sette Colli Meet, Italy
Ryosuke Irie of Japan captured gold medal of the Men’s 200m backstroke on last day of the 2012 Sette Colli Meet in Rome, Italy on Saturday, June 16.
The 22-year-old Irie demonstrated his stupendous efforts in the distant backstroke discipline, as he gave no chance to his opponents to retaliate and proved his eligibility on top of the podium for gold medal.
With his continuous efforts, the Japanese expert devastated hopes of his fans by producing a time of 1 minute and 55.05 seconds for gold medal.
His immaculate effort remained 2.57 seconds faster from Radoslaw Kawecki of Poland, who accomplished silver medal of the discipline by submitting a time of 1 minute and 57.62 seconds.
Third spot of the event was secured by Leonardo De Deus of Brazil, who stayed 1.17 seconds behind and transpired on the finishing blockade by reporting a time of 1 minute and 58.79 seconds.
The bronze medallist was followed by Nick Driebergen of Netherlands, who was only 0.14 seconds apart and cruised his way towards the finishing wall with the timing of 1 minute and 58.93 seconds for fourth position.
Driebergen was chased by Matteo Milli of Italy, who remained nearly full body length behind and surfaced on the finishing end as fifth fastest finisher with the timing of 1 minute and 59.90 seconds.
Sixth position of the discipline was secured by Milli’s team-member, Mattia Aversa, who stayed 0.41 seconds apart and clocked an effort of 2 minutes and 00.31 seconds.
Aversa was chased by Italy’s Matteo Giordano, who remained 0.64 seconds slower from his former finisher and posted a time of 2 minutes and 00.95 seconds for seventh position.
Finally, Giordano’s teammate, Sebastiano Ranfagni, who failed to overpower any of his competitors in the playoff, finished eighth in the backstroke discipline. Ranfagni stayed nearly two body lengths slower from his foregoing finisher and hit the wall with
an effort of 2 minutes and 03.24 seconds.
Irie’s scintillating effort was highly admired by the arena while he aroused the expectations of his supporters by expressing that he would try hard to impress his fans at the upcoming events.
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