Swimmers impress at the European SC Swimming Championships 2012 – Part 13
After the commendable forms of Laure Manaudou and Fabio Scozzoli in the playoffs of their respective events, the aquatic crowd shifted their focus towards the final round of Women’s 400m Individual Medley (IM).
Hannah Miley of Great Britain was considered the most strongest swimmer to dominate the playoff of the race. Miley showed no mercy to her opponents in the playoff as she gathered gold medal of the race by producing an effort of 4 minutes and 23.47 seconds.
Her title claiming effort remained comfortably under the Championship record of 4 minutes and 24.55 seconds, made by Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain in 2011.
Nevertheless, she stayed almost 2.50 seconds slower from the world record of 4 minutes and 21.04 seconds, owned by Julia Smit of USA from 2009.
The champion was followed by Hungarian expert, Katinka Hosszu, who was only a stroke behind and transpired on the finishing wall for silver medal by producing a time of 4 minutes and 23.91 seconds.
Third fastest spot of the race was obtained by Hosszu’s teammate, Zsuzsanna Jakabos, who was 1.70 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and ended her race in a time of 4 minutes and 25.61 seconds.
Fourth fastest spot of the event was obtained by Great Britain’s Aimee Willmott, who found it real hard to make her way to the finishing blockade as she ended her race in a time of 4 minutes and 32.56 seconds.
Afterwards, the audience experienced ruthless efforts of Russian swimmer, Vyacheslav Sinkevich in the Men’s 200m breaststroke. Sinkevich stayed prominently ahead of his toughest challenger in the playoff and cruised his way towards the finishing end for
gold medal by producing an effort of 2 minutes and 04.55 seconds.
His notable effort remained prominently slower from the European and world mark of 2 minutes and 00.67 seconds, set by Daniel Gyurta of Hungary in 2009.
The Russian swimmer stayed more than half a body length ahead of his closest competitor and surfaced on the wall for second position by producing an effort of 2 minutes and 05.12 seconds.
Third position of the event was obtained by Andriy Kovalenko of Ukraine, who was 0.09 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and touched the wall with the timing of 2 minutes and 05.21 seconds.
Kovalenko remained only an inch ahead of Giacomo Perez Dortona of France, who finished his swim in fourth place by posting a time of 2 minutes and 05.35 seconds.
To be continued in Part 14.
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