Swimmers impress at FINA Swimming World Cup, Beijing – Part 6
The exhausting efforts of Ye Shiwen in the 400m IM elevated hopes of the audience and they turner more eager to see what comes up in the forthcoming events.
Subsequently, finalists of the Women’s 400m freestyle reached the starting blocks, where Yiwen Shao of China was the most prominent swimmer for the crown.
Shao went on a rampage in the 16-lap discipline and proved her eligibility for the crown by producing a time of 4 minutes and 00.56 seconds.
Her top finish remained almost six seconds slower from the world record of Joanne Jackson of Great Britain, who posted an effort of 3 minutes and 54.92 seconds.
Nevertheless, Shao enjoyed a comfortable lead over Yufei Zhang, who clinched silver medal of the race by producing a time of 4 minutes and 06.48 seconds.
Third spot of the event was gained by New Zealand’s Melissa Ingram, who reported a time of 4 minutes and 06.53 seconds.
Later, Hosszu once again emerged on the pool area as she walked towards the pool deck for the playoff of Women’s 200m butterfly. Hosszu who just clinched silver medal in the 400m IM looked pretty tired but she was not willing to give up.
Her strong determination coupled with her gruelling efforts made it possible for Hosszu to capture the title of distant butterfly discipline. The Hungarian swimmer remained prominent for the top spot from the start as she clocked a time of 2 minutes and 06.02 seconds for gold medal.
Her exhausting effort remained almost 5.50 seconds slower from the world mark of 2 minutes and 00.78 seconds, set by Zige Liu of China in November 2009.
Hosszu was happy with her gold raking effort in Beijing. She has been the busiest swimmer throughout the World Cup series and is also the most medal taking swimmer.
“I felt very tried, but I am happy with the result. I just want to do something different and I think it's interesting,” said Hosszu.
Her title claiming effort remained considerably ahead of her team-member, Zsuzsanna Jakabos, who followed her on the finishing blockade as second position holder by producing a time of 2 minutes and 07.25 seconds.
Jakabos was followed by the defending champion, Zige Liu of China, who tried hard but was unable to impress her supporters and concluded her race in third place by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 08.75 seconds.
Afterwards, Japanese star Rie Kaneto served notice of her talent in the Women’s 200m breaststroke. With her wonderful start, Kaneto gained a competitive edge over her rival. She continued gruelling efforts throughout the 200m event and touched the wall for the title with a timing of 2 minutes and 19.33 seconds.
The gold medallist remained almost five seconds away from the world mark of 2 minutes and 14.57 seconds, set by Rebecca Soni of USA during December 2009.
Kaneto was trailed by Australian expert, Sally Foster, who was prominently apart and stepped on the medal rostrum for second position by reporting a time of 2 minutes and 19.96 seconds.
Foster remained in a substantial lead over Jingling s**+, who seized third position of the race by reporting a time of 2 minutes and 23.25 seconds.
In addition, the Beijing Stop came to an end after the completion of all scheduled events while the audience awaits swimming action at the seventh stage in Tokyo, Japan.
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