Xiang Liu secures Women’s 50m backstroke gold – 2012 Chinese National Swimming Championships
Xiang Liu of Guangdong secured gold medal of the Women’s 50m backstroke on third day of the 2012 Chinese National Long Course Swimming Championship in Huangshan, Anhui Province on Tuesday, September 25.
Liu became the centre of attention for everyone after she snared gold medal of the single lap backstroke discipline. With her commendable form in the shortest backstroke discipline, Liu showed her urgency towards the wall for gold medal.
Liu enjoyed an advantage of just one arm stroke over her closest rival as she showed her urgency towards the finishing blockade by producing a time of 28.19 seconds.
Her title claiming effort remained 0.17 seconds ahead of Yuanghui Fu of Zhejiang, who tried hard to overpower the gold medallist but failed to match her pace in the second half.
Fu proved her mettle for second position of the race as she hit the wall by producing a time of 28.36 seconds.
The second position holder was followed by Haihua Cheng of Beijing, who stayed only 0.16 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and surfaced on the wall as third position holder by posting a time of 28.52 seconds.
Subsequently, Zhaochen Liu of Beijing dominated the final round of Men’s 100m freestyle. Liu was engaged in a stroke-stroke battle by his toughest challenger but he managed to surpass him over the finishing end for the title.
Liu remained just a touch ahead of his subsequent rival and as he rushed his way towards the wall for the crown by submitting a time of 50.09 seconds for gold medal.
The gold medallist was followed by Hexin Yu of Guangdong, who remained 0.05 seconds behind and acquired silver medal of the race by producing an effort of 50.14 seconds.
The silver medallist was traced by Qiushi Zhong of Jiangsu, who suffered a loss of only 0.06 seconds from his foregoing finisher and transpired on the finishing end as third best finisher by producing a time of 50.20 seconds.
In addition, Liu expressed happiness over her victory in the backstroke discipline and collected medal for her stupendous performance at the victory ceremony of the event.
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