Swimmers excel at FINA Swimming World Cup, Tokyo – Part 5
After the ruthless forms of all participants in their exclusive events on foremost day of the FINA Swimming World Cup in Tokyo, the aquatic crowd was thrilled to see the promising efforts of their favourites on concluding day of the tournament.
The opening event of the race was Men’s 1500m freestyle, where the presence of Michael Klueh meant a lot to his fans. The American swimmer wasted no chance and lived up to the hopes of his supporters by occupying gold medal of the race in a time of 14 minutes
and 38.64 seconds.
His meticulous effort remained almost 10 seconds slower from the championship mark of 14 minutes and 28.35 seconds, made by Federico Colbertaldo of Italy in 2009. He also remained almost 28 seconds behind the world record of 14 minutes and 10.10 seconds,
set by Grant Hackett of Australia in 2001.
Klueh was followed by Pal Joensen, who stayed considerably slower from him over the finishing end and reported a time of 14 minutes and 44.83 seconds. Similarly, Japanese star, Ayatsugu Hirai proved his eligibility for third spot of the race by producing
a time of 14 minutes and 45.60 seconds.
Klueh went wild after his victory in the distant freestyle discipline and stated his desire of competing in the same event at superior levels.
Afterwards, South African swimmer, Darian Townsend dominated the playoff of Men’s 200m freestyle. With his gruelling efforts, Townsend outperformed his closest competitor over the finishing end for gold medal by producing a time of 1 minute and 43.31 seconds.
His top finish remained almost four seconds behind the championship and world record of 1 minute and 39.37 seconds, made by Paul Biedermann of Germany in 2009.
Townsend enjoyed a benefit of more than half a second over his closest rival, Robert Hurley of Australia, who secured silver medal of the race by posting a time of 1 minute and 43.93 seconds.
Third spot of the event was obtained by Hurley’s teammate, Tommaso D’Orsogna, who completed his race in a time of 1 minute and 44.49 seconds.
D’Orsogna remained slightly more than half a body length ahead of Cameron McEvoy, who finished fourth in the race by posting a time of 1 minute and 45.13 seconds.
Next event of the second day was Women’s 400m Individual Medley (IM), where Katinka Hosszu of Hungary stifled hopes of her opponents and secured the crown of the discipline. Hosszu remained prominently ahead of her toughest challenger and posted a time of
4 minutes and 28.14 seconds.
Her gold finish remained nearly 6 seconds away from the world cup mark of 4 minutes and 22.88 seconds, made by Kathryn Meaklim of South Africa in 2009. She also stayed 6.10 seconds slower from the world record of 4 minutes and 21.04 seconds, owned by Julia
Smit from 2009.
Hosszu remained in a marginal lead over her opponents and tapped the wall for gold medal by producing a time of 4 minutes and 28.96 seconds for silver medal.
Jakabos was traced by Miho Takahashi of Japan, who was considerably slower from her former swimmer and secured third position by clocking a time of 4 minutes and 33.08 seconds.
Takahashi was followed by her team-member, Miyu Otsuka, who ended up her race in fourth place by posting an effort of 4 minutes and 34.40 seconds.
To be continued in part 6.
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