Swimmers excel at FINA Swimming World Cup, Tokyo – Part 1
After the splendid efforts of all participants in sixth stop of the Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA) World Cup in Beijing, the Tokyo stop of the series got attention of the audience.
The audience was thrilled to see the scintillating efforts of shining stars of the World Cup in Tokyo, Japan.
With their impeccable record in the previous stages, Katinka Hosszu, Zsuzsanna Jakabos, Kenneth To, Tommaso D’Orsogna, Cameron McEvoy, Jessica Hardy, Daiya Seto, Inge Dekker, Kazuya Kaneda and Christian Sprenger were in the limelight.
As the session kicked off, Hungarian swimmer, Katinka Hosszu once again emerged on the starting blocks to prove her mettle for the playoff of Women’s 800m freestyle.
Hosszu went full throttle in the distant freestyle discipline and stepped on the medal rostrum for the title by producing a time of 8 minutes and 24.89 seconds.
Her wonderful pace remained considerably slower from the championship record of 8 minutes and 04.61 seconds, owned by Lotte Friis of Denmark from 2009. She was also prominently apart from threatening the world record of 8 minutes and 04.53 seconds, set by
Alessia Filippi of Italy in 2008.
Hosszu, who had an immaculate record of victories in the previous six junctures of the Series, was overjoyed with her title snaring form. She also unveiled her plans of exceeding the expectations of her supporters by excelling in the 2012 World Short Course
Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, this December.
The gold medallist was followed by Australian veteran, Laura Crockart, who stayed a body length behind and settled on the finishing wall for silver medal by producing a time of 8 minutes and 25.62 seconds.
Crockart was chased by Emu Higuchi of Japan, who was marginally slower from her and posted a time of 8 minutes and 25.89 seconds for third position.
After that, USA’s Jessica Hardy attracted the concentration of the audiences. With her unrelenting efforts in the playoff of the 100m breaststroke, Hardy devastated hopes of her opponents and captured the title.
With her unrelenting efforts in the final round, Hardy occupied gold medal of the discipline by producing an effort of 1 minute and 04.86 seconds.
The champion remained 1.86 seconds away from the world cup record of 1 minute and 03.00 seconds, held by Leisel Jones of Australia in 2009. Similarly, she also remained 2.16 seconds away from the world mark of 1 minute and 02.70 seconds, made by Rebecca
Soni of USA in 2009.
Hardy, who went full rampant in the playoff, stayed in a prominent lead over her opponents. Her competitors capitulated as they were unable to match Hardy’s pace in the second half. Hardy was followed by Danish swimmer, Rikke Miller Pedersen, who was only
an inch behind and emerged on the finishing end for second position by producing a time of 1 minute and 04.94 seconds.
Pedersen was trailed by Japanese veteran, Mio Motegi, who suffered a loss of only 0.09 seconds and concluded her race in third place by producing a time of 1 minute and 05.03 seconds.
The third position holder was followed by her teammate, Rie Kaneto, who missed out her spot on the victory stand by a margin of just 0.38 seconds and ended her race in fourth place by producing an effort of 1 minute and 05.41 seconds.
To be continued in part 2.
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