Valentina Artemyeva wins Women’s 100m breast-stroke gold: Day four – European Swimming Championships
Valentina Artemyeva of Russia demonstrated her smothering efforts by winning gold medal of Women’s 100m breast-stroke on the concluding day of the 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Szczecin, Poland on Sunday, December
11.
The 25-year-old Artemyeva experienced strong resistance from Rikke Moeller Pedersen of Denmark and her team-member, Daria Deeva but with her notable efforts, she managed to edge out them on the finishing wall for gold spot.
Artemyeva was the first swimmer to leap into the water and with her invincible efforts, she completed her first round of the race in a fastest time of 30.42 seconds. She was chased by Pedersen, who remained only 0.30 seconds slower than
her in the initial 50 metres of the breast-stroke event and ended her round with a timing of 30.72 seconds.
Deeva transpired as the third fastest swimmer of the breast-stroke discipline, as she ended her initial half of the race by submitting an effort of 31.18 seconds.
The challenge grew stronger in the final half of the race, where Pedersen and Deeva elevated their efforts and tried to escape Artemyeva on the finishing end but failed. Artemyeva completed her second round of the event in a time of 34.77 seconds to post
1 minute and 05.19 seconds on the board for gold medal.
With her title claiming effort, she remained just 0.98 seconds slower from the European mark of 1 minute and 04.21 seconds, set by Pedersen during 2009. Furthermore, she also remained nearly three seconds behind the world mark of 1 minute and 02.70 seconds,
owned by Rebecca Soni of USA in 2009.
The gold medallist remained just 0.04 seconds ahead of her following swimmer and European record holder, Pedersen, who failed to defend her title and ended her swim in a time of 1 minute and 05.23 seconds for silver medal.
Pedersen remained 0.60 seconds ahead of Deeva, who emerged on the finishing wall for bronze medal by clocking a time of 1 minute and 05.83 seconds.
The championship concluded after the completion of all planned events while the winners received their awards after the session.
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