Swimmers excel at FINA Swimming World Cup, Tokyo – Part 3
The scintillating forms of Katinka Hosszu and Inge Dekker in their exclusive events at the FINA World Cup in Tokyo stimulated hopes of the aquatic crowd.
With their relentless efforts and no signs of slowing down, the elite swimmers continued their dominance in order to put an end to their thirst for the titles.
After the tremendous efforts of Inge Dekker in the Women’s 100m butterfly, the finalists of the Men’s 200m butterfly reached the starting blocks. Kazuya Kaneda of Japan, who qualified into the playoff as strong contender for the title, went full throttle
in the playoff and snared the title.
Kaneda remained prominently ahead of his opponents and surfaced on the finishing end for gold medal by producing an effort of 1 minute and 51.08 seconds.
His title claiming effort remained almost two seconds slower from the championship and world record of 1 minute and 49.11 seconds, set by Kaio Almeida of Brazil in November 2009.
Kaneda was followed by his toughest challenger and teammate, Yuuki Kobori, who stepped on the victory stand for silver medal by producing an effort of 1 minute and 52.92 seconds.
The silver medallist was traced by Kobori’s tam-member, Kou Fukaya, who snared bronze medal of the race by submitting a time of 1 minute and 53.74 seconds.
Kaneda’s undisputed form was highly appreciated by the arena while the Japanese star promised to provide a more challenging swim in the forthcoming 2012 World Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
Following that, Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, who captured two gold medals in the events of 800m freestyle and 200m freestyle earlier, once again made her way to the pool deck for the final of Women’s 200m Individual Medley (IM).
Hosszu faced tough contest from Great Britain’s star, Sophie Allen, but with her splendid efforts, she managed to edge her out for the title. Hosszu remained just a stroke ahead of her closest rival and pocketed gold medal of the event with an effort of
2 minutes and 07.51 seconds.
Hosszu’s mind-blowing form remained 1.50 seconds slower from Evelyn Verraszto’s championship record of 2 minutes and 06.01 seconds. Subsequently, her effort remained nearly three seconds slower from the world record of 2 minutes and 04.60 seconds, made by
Julia Smit of USA in 2009.
Allen remained only a touch away from the champion and took silver medal of the race with the timing of 2 minutes and 07.85 seconds. Third fastest spot of the event was obtained by Hungarian swimmer, Zsuzsanna Jakabos, who ended third by posting a time of
2 minutes and 07.92 seconds.
Next was the Men’s 400m freestyle final, where Michael Klueh of USA upset his opponents and raked the title. Klueh remained in a substantial lead over his toughest challenger and posted a time of 3 minutes and 40.23 seconds.
Klueh’s gold winning effort remained almost eight seconds slower from the world record of 3 minutes and 32.77 seconds, set by Paul Biedermann of Germany in 2009.
Second fastest spot of the race was obtained by Matthew Stanley of New Zealand, who concluded his race in a time of 3 minutes and 42.21 seconds.
Stanley was followed by Japanese veteran, Naito Ehara, who occupied bronze medal of the race by reporting a time of 3 minutes and 43.30 seconds.
To be continued in part 4.
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