Timothy Phillips and Yi Tang occupy gold medals in swimming events – 2011 World University Games
Timothy Phillips of USA and Yi Tang of China occupied gold medals of Men’s 50m butterfly and Women’s 100m freestyle respectively, on day two of the 2011 World University Games, which took place on August 15, in Shenzhen, China.
Phillips acquired the gold medal of the single-lap event, by submitting a top finest time of 23.51 seconds. His time was marginally away from his following competitor, Paolo Facchinelli of Italy, who remained just a touch away from him and ended his swim
in a second fastest time of 23.85 seconds.
The third spot of the event was secured by Masayuki Kishida of Japan, who was only 0.08 seconds slower than the silver medallist and touched the wall in a nice time of 23.93 seconds.
The squad of podium finishers was trailed by Philip Marvin Heintz of Germany, who stayed just a touch away from his former finisher and appeared on the finishing wall with a timing of 24.22 seconds. Heintz was trailed by Ivan Udalov of Russia, who claimed
fifth position of the event, by posting a time of 24.28 seconds.
Udalov was in a lead of 0.08 seconds over Marcos Macedo of Brazil, who settled as the sixth position holder of the event by clocking a time of 24.36 seconds.
Moments later, the crowd acknowledged the noteworthy effort of Chinese swimmer, Tang, who improved the Game Record of the event by reporting in a fastest time of 54.24 seconds. Her time was 0.11 seconds below the previous record of Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson,
who clocked 54.35 seconds in 2009.
Tang was chased by Darya Stepanyuk of Ukraine, who stayed 0.08 seconds slower than the gold medallist and reached the podium for silver medal with a timing of 55.32 seconds. The bronze medal was secured by American swimmer, Megan Romano, who ended her swim
0.06 seconds behind the second finisher with a timing of 55.38 seconds.
Meanwhile, Yayoi Matsumoto of Japan was witnessed as the fourth best swimmer of the event, as she submitted a time of 55.53 seconds. Her time was 0.08 seconds faster than Kate Dwelley of USA, who produced a fifth fastest time of 55.61 seconds. Then, Natasha
Hind of New Zealand emerged on the finishing wall as the sixth finest swimmer of the event, as she concluded her swim in a time of 55.77 seconds.
In addition, the crowd went wild with the gruelling efforts of all participating swimmers, while the winners were awarded awards and accolades for their stupendous efforts in their respective events after the completion of the day two’s session.
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