Stanislav Donets pockets Men’s 100m backstroke title – 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup, Moscow
Stanislav Donets of Russia pocketed gold medal of the Men’s 100m backstroke on day one of the 2012 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup in Moscow, Russia on Wednesday, October 17.
The Russian swimmer devastated hopes of his opponents in the backstroke discipline and dominated his way towards the finishing blockade for gold medal. With his commendable efforts in the four-lap discipline, Donets enjoyed a full body length over his competitor
and touched the wall for the crown.
His impeccable pace placed him in a considerable lead over his toughest competitor and Donets sprinted his way towards the wall for gold medal with a wonderful effort of 49.74 seconds.
His title claiming effort remained 0.96 seconds ahead of Robert Hurley of Australia, who made his way towards the finishing blockade for second position by submitting a nice time of 50.70 seconds.
After that, the crowd witnessed stupendous efforts of Yuki Shirai of Japan and Guilherme Guido of Brazil, who initiated a head-to-head race with each other for third position. Both swimmers remained engage in a fierce battle with each other and ended their
swims in a combined finish for third position.
Shirai and Guido remained 0.74 seconds slower from the second position holder and touched the wall for bronze medal with a timing of 51.47 seconds.
The duo of third position holders was chased by Ashley Delaney of Australia, who stayed only 0.10 seconds apart and surfaced on the wall as fifth best finisher with a timing of 51.57 seconds.
Sixth spot of the event was obtained by Thomas Shields of USA, who stayed 0.04 seconds apart and clocked an effort of 51.61 seconds.
Shields was traced by Anton Butymov of Russia, who stayed nearly one body length apart and hit the wall for seventh position with a timing of 52.56 seconds.
Eighth position of the race was secured by Hayate Matsubara of Japan, who ended his race with an effort of 52.63 seconds.
In addition, Donets was extremely pleased with his form in the backstroke discipline and stressed that he would try hard to accomplish the same in forthcoming swimming events.
Tags: