Yiwen Shao secures Women’s 200m freestyle gold – FINA Swimming World Cup, Beijing
Yiwen Shao of China secured gold medal of the Women’s 200m freestyle on initial day of the sixth stop of the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup Series in Beijing, China on Friday, November 2.
The Chinese swimmer continued her breath-taking efforts in the playoff of the discipline and proved her mettle for the title of the discipline.
Shao faced tough contest from Zsuzsanna Jakabos of Hungary from the start, but with her unrelenting efforts, she managed to outsmart her over the wall for gold medal.
Shao remained just an inch ahead of her closest rival as she occupied gold medal of the event with a timing of 1 minute and 55.13 seconds.
The gold medallist was trailed by Jakabos, who was only 0.01 seconds slower and surfaced on the wall as third best finisher with an effort of 1 minute and 55.14 seconds.
Jakabos was followed by Yuhan Qiu of China, who stayed 0.10 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and surfaced on the wall as third position holder with a timing of 1 minute and 55.24 seconds.
Qiu was traced by Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, who was unable to ascend on the medal rostrum and finished her race in fourth best place by touching the wall with an effort of 1 minute and 55.25 seconds.
Fifth fastest spot of the race was obtained by Kelly Stubbins of Australia, who was 0.86 seconds behind and completed her race in a time of 1 minute and 56.11 seconds.
Stubbins was chased by Melanie Schlanger of Australia, who stayed nearly two body lengths behind and proved her eligibility for sixth best place by hitting the wall with a timing of 1 minute and 57.89 seconds.
Seventh finest spot of the event was secured by Sishi Zhang, who was 0.06 seconds slower and clocked an effort of 1 minute and 57.95 seconds.
Zhang was followed by Ruiqi Wang, who stayed half a body length behind and tapped the wall with a timing of 1 minute and 58.54 seconds.
Furthermore, Shao was overjoyed with her gold raking effort and collected her medal after the session.
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