Simone Ruffini pockets Men’s 10km gold medal: Day one – 2011 World University Games, Open Water
Simone Ruffini of Italy pocketed the gold medal of the Men’s 10km Open Water race on the initial day of the 2011 World University Games, which took place in Shenzhen, China on August 13.
Ruffini was the fastest swimmer to complete his 10km race among the 17 open water swimmers from different nations. He captured his first gold medal of the World Universiade Games, by clocking a miraculous time of 1 hour, 58 minutes and 00.747 seconds. He
was nearly two minutes ahead of his following swimmer, Kirill Abrosimov of Russia, who occupied the silver medal of the event, by finishing his 10km swim in 2 hours, 00 minutes and 03.359 seconds.
He was trailed by Yasunari Hirai of Japan, who stayed only 2.189 seconds slower than his preceding swimmer and posted a third fastest time of 2 hours, 00 minutes and 05.548 seconds.
For the fourth fastest spot of the swim, Abrosimov’s team-member, Daniil Serebrennikov ended his swim behind Hirai and clocked a time of 2 hours, 00 minutes and 06.801 seconds. He was almost four seconds faster than his following swimmer, Christian Martin
Reichert of Germany, as he concluded his open water race in 2 hours, 00 minutes and 10.614 seconds.
In the meantime, Hector Ruiz Perez of Spain emerged as the sixth fastest swimmer of the open event, as he was just 12.290 seconds behind his foregoing swimmer and finished his race with a timing of 2 hours, 00 minutes and 22.904 seconds.
Perez was chased by Connor Signorin of USA, who claimed seventh fastest spot of the event, by reporting in a time of 2 hours, 00 minutes and 26.648 seconds. Charlie Cuignet of France was ranked as the eighth best swimmer of the swim, as he completed his
race in 2 hours, 01 minute and 11.835 seconds.
Subsequently, Victor Colonese of Brazil appeared as the ninth best swimmer of the event, as he stayed nearly 17 seconds away from Cuignet and posted a time of 2 hours, 01 minute and 28.718 seconds. The Brazilian was traced by Francois Xavier Desharnais of
Canada, who was prominently away from him and produced a time of 2 hours, 03 minutes and 31.103 seconds for tenth finishing spot. Jan Posmourny of Czech Republic was the eleventh fastest swimmer of the open water discipline, as he clocked a time of 2 hours,
03 minutes and 56.119 seconds
The session ended after the convincing swims of all open water athletes, while the spectators were delighted with the breath-taking efforts of top three position holders, who collected their medals after the session.
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