Swimmers impress at the European SC Swimming Championships 2012 – Part 11
After the commendable efforts of Laszlo Cseh in Men’s 200m butterfly, the semi-finalists of the Women’s 100m butterfly reached the starting blocks
The crowd went wild after the notable performances of all swimmers in their exclusive events, who served notice of their talent and proved their mettle for the podium finishes.
With her alluring efforts in the prelims, Italy’s Ilaria Bianchi and Russia’s Veronika Popova were the top contenders for the fastest qualifying position. Bianchi faced strong competition from Popova in the first half but with her notable efforts, she managed
to escape her over the finishing blockade for top position.
Bianchi remained marginally ahead of her closest swimmer over the finishing end and succeeded in toughing the wall first with a nice effort of 57.18 seconds.
Her title claiming effort remained 2.13 seconds slower from the European record of Diane Bui Duyet of Istanbul, who clocked a time of 55.05 seconds in 2009.
Similarly, Popova remained half a body length slower from upsetting her foregoing finisher and concluded her race in second place by producing an effort of 57.65 seconds.
Popova remained just 0.02 seconds lucky from her closest challenger, Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen Gray, who secured third fastest spot of the event by producing an effort of 57.67 seconds.
Gray was traced by Kimberly Buys of Belgium, who secured fourth fastest spot of the race by producing an effort of 57.91 seconds.
After that, Vladimir Morozov of Russia transpired on the starting blocks for the final round of Men’s 100m freestyle. Morozov qualified into the playoff as top contender for gold medal and with his continuous efforts, he managed to sustain his spot in the
race.
Morozov remained comfortably ahead of his opponent and tapped the wall for gold medal by producing a time of 45.68 seconds.
His title claiming effort remained 0.74 seconds slower from the world record of 44.94 seconds, set by Amaury Leveaux of France in 2008.
Morozov was trailed by Russian swimmer, Evgeny Lagunov, who stayed full body length apart and touched the wall for silver medal by clocking a time of 46.52 seconds.
Lagunov was traced by France’s Yannick Agnel, who stepped on the victory stand for bronze medal with an effort of 46.80 seconds.
Agnel was followed by Italian expert, Luca Dotto, who remained prominent for fourth position of the race by posting a time of 46.92 seconds.
To be continued in Part 12.
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