Swimmers impress at the European SC Swimming Championships 2012 – Part 9
The scintillating efforts of Camille Muffat in Women’s 400m freestyle aroused hopes of the audience and they could not wait to see the gruelling efforts of elite swimmers in their main events.
After the semi-final of Men’s 100m Individual Medley (IM), the focus of the audience shifted towards the semi-final of Women’s 100m breaststroke.
Rikke Moeller Pedersen of Denmark was considered the strongest swimmer to dominate the semi-final of breaststroke discipline and qualify as the top fastest swimmer.
Pedersen lived up to the expectations of her supporters as she occupied gold medal of the race by producing a time of 1 minute and 04.49 seconds.
Her notable pace remained only 0.28 seconds slower from her own European mark of 1 minute and 04.21 seconds, set by Pedersen in December 2009.
Pedersen was followed by Petra Chocova of Czech Republic, who stayed prominently slower from her and surfaced on the finishing end for second position by producing a time of 1 minute and 06.22 seconds.
Chocova was traced by Sycerika McMahon of Ireland, who stayed marginally behind and finished third in the race by clocking an effort of 1 minute and 06.46 seconds.
Subsequently, McMahon remained hardly an inch ahead of Marina Garcia Urzainqui of Spain, who occupied fourth fastest spot of the race by posting a time of 1 minute and 06.66 seconds.
Moments later, the audience experienced exhausting efforts of France’s Jeremy Stravius in the semi-final of Men’s 100m breaststroke. The French swimmer spoiled the party of his challengers in the four-lap discipline as he paved his way to the finishing blockade
with an effort of 50.96 seconds.
His fastest qualification effort remained 2.01 seconds away from the European record of 48.95 seconds, owned by Stanislav Donets of Russia from 2010.
Stravius was trailed by compatriot, Benjamin Stasiulis, who secured second fastest qualification spot of the discipline by producing a time of 51.19 seconds.
Stasiulis was chased by German swimmer, Christian Diener, who was barely a stroke slower from his foregoing finisher and touched the wall with an effort of 51.51 seconds for third place.
Similarly, Diener was traced by Peter Bernek of Hungary, who remained only fractions away from improving his qualifying position as he hit the wall for fourth position with an effort of 51.62 seconds.
In addition, Stravius was happy and proclaimed that he would try hard to accomplish the same in playoff.
To be continued in Part 10.
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