Zhixian Yang captures Men’s 400m IM gold – FINA Swimming World Cup, Beijing
Zhixian Yang of China captured gold medal of the Men’s 400m Individual Medley (IM) on day one of the sixth stop of the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup Series in Beijing, China on Friday, November 2.
Yang smothered hopes of his opponents in the distant IM event as he went full rampant in the playoff and secured the title.
With his unbeatable effort, he enjoyed a comfortable lead over his following swimmer and tapped the wall for the crown.
He remained considerably ahead of his opponents and surfaced on the wall for gold medal with a timing of 4 minutes and 05.62 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Travis Mahoney of Australia, who stayed almost four seconds slower from him and occupied silver medal of the discipline by posting a time of 4 minutes and 09.69 seconds.
The second position holder was chased by Feilian Mao, who was 0.99 seconds apart and surfaced on the finishing end as third best finisher by producing an effort of 4 minutes and 10.68 seconds.
Mao was chased by Shane Asbury of Australia, who stayed 4.32 seconds apart and settled on the wall as fourth fastest swimmer by reporting an effort of 4 minutes and 15.00 seconds.
Fifth position of the discipline was obtained by Xiang Li, who was 1.95 seconds behind and ended his race in a time of 4 minutes and 16.95 seconds.
Similarly, Li was trailed by Tiansheng Jiang, who was 0.67 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and touched the wall as sixth best finisher with an effort of 4 minutes and 17.62 seconds.
Jiang was chased by Lijun Zu, who stayed 0.24 seconds slower and clocked an effort of 4 minutes and 17.86 seconds for seventh position.
Last spot of the event was obtained by Mitchell Donalson of New Zealand, who was nearly four seconds apart and clocked a time of 4 minutes and 21.94 seconds for eighth position.
In addition, Yang received massive admiration from the audience after his victory and stressed that he would train harder in future to accomplish the same at superior levels of sport.
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