Swimmers impress at FINA Swimming World Cup, Beijing – Part 4
After the completion of first day events, the crowd was eager to see the swimming splash of second day that featured gruelling efforts of swimming giants at the FINA/Arena World Cup Series in Beijing, China.
The concluding day of the sixth stage of World Cup Series concluded after the tantalizing efforts of Tommaso D’Orsogna, Kenneth To, Britta Steffen, Ye Shiwen, Katinka Hosszu, Darian Townsend and Yiwen Shao in their respective events.
Firstly, D’Orsogna of Australia reached the starting blocks to prove his quest for the title of Men’s 200m freestyle. With his immaculate efforts in the discipline, D’Orsogna remained marginally slower from his following swimmers and tapped the wall for
gold medal by producing a nice time of 1 minute and 43.20 seconds.
His title claiming effort remained nearly four seconds away from the world record of 1 minute and 39.37 seconds, owned by Paul Biedermann of Germany from 2009.
Following that, the audience was stunned with the ruthless efforts of Australian star, Robert Hurley and South African veteran, Darian Townsend, who concluded their swims in second place with identical timing of 1 minute and 43.50 seconds.
Moments later, the focus of the crowd shifted towards the playoff of Men’s 100m butterfly, where Australian swimmer, Kenneth To looked determinant for top spot on the medal rostrum. With his consistent efforts in the final round, To managed to seize the
crown of the rive by touching the wall with a fascinating effort of 50.96 seconds.
His gruelling pace remained 2.48 seconds slower from the meet and world record of Russia’s Evgeny Korotyshkin, who clocked a time of 48.48 seconds in 2009.
To was followed by Qibin Zhang, who was prominently apart and made his way to the podium for silver medal by producing a time of 51.21 seconds for silver medal.
Third spot of the race was obtained by Jason Dunford of Kenya, who stayed marginally behind and occupied bronze medal of the race by producing a time of 51.34 seconds.
Subsequently, third event of the session was Women’s 100m freestyle, where the fastest qualifying swimmer, Britta Steffen of Germany was expected to serve notice of her talent. The German swimmer showed no leniency to her competitors in the race and surfaced
on the wall for gold medal by producing a time of 52.78 seconds.
Her gold finish remained considerably slower from the championship record of 51.19 seconds, held by Francesca Halsall of Great Britain from 2009.
Similarly, Steffen’s incredible pace was 1.77 seconds slower from the world record of Lisbeth Trickett of Australia, who made it in 2009 by producing a time of 51.01 seconds.
Steffen was trailed by Shuyi Li, who stayed 0.26 seconds slower from the champion and surfaced on the wall for silver medal by posting an effort of 53.04 seconds.
Third position of the race was obtained by Yi Tang of China, who remained only a touch away and occupied bronze medal with a timing of 53.17 seconds.
Tang remained in a comfortable lead over Australian swimmer, Melanie Schlanger, who proved her eligibility for fourth fastest spot of the race by producing a time of 53.91 seconds.
In addition, the audience went wild with the scintillating forms of all participants in their respective events and they turned eager for more.
To be continued in Part 5.
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