Michael Meyer and Michelle Weber secure gold medals – African Senior Championships

Michael Meyer and Michelle Weber secure gold medals – African Senior Championships

Michael Meyer and Michelle Weber clinched gold medals of the Men’s 200m Individual Medley (IM) and Women’s 1500m freestyle at the 11^th African Senior Swimming Championships 2012.

Meyer faced strong battle from his following swimmer but managed to secure top qualifying position of the event by touching the wall with a timing of 2 minutes and 14.40 seconds.

Meyer was trailed by Mehdi Hamama, who remained 0.59 seconds apart and transpired on the finishing blockade as second position holder by submitting an effort of 2 minutes and 14.99 seconds.

Hamama was traced by Pedro Pinotes, who was 2.67 seconds apart and occupied third best qualification spot of the race by reporting a time of 2 minutes and 17.66 seconds.

Fourth finest spot of the event was secured by Taki Mrabet, who suffered a loss of 1.60 seconds from his foregoing finisher and clocked an effort of 2 minutes and 19.26 seconds.

The 23-year-old Mrabet was followed by El Sayed Gadalla, who remained only 0.04 seconds apart and surfaced on the finishing end as fifth best finisher by touching the wall with a timing of 2 minutes and 19.30 seconds.

Afterwards, Weber accomplished gold medal of the Women’s 1500m freestyle. The 15-year-old Weber, who was evidently strong for gold medal, smothered hopes of her opponents and pocketed the title with a timing of 16 minutes and 46.46 seconds.

The gold medallist was trailed by Kyna Pereira, who stayed almost half a minute behind and stepped on the victory stand for silver medal by posting a time of 17 minutes and 14.24 seconds.

Third finest spot of the race was obtained by Reem Mohamed Hussein, who remained nearly 14 seconds behind and submitted a time of 17 minutes and 28.34 seconds.

The bronze medallist was traced by Souad Cherouati, who stayed considerably slower from her former finisher and posted a time of 18 minutes and 01.47 seconds for fourth position.

In addition, the position holders received medals and accolades for their notable efforts at hte victory ceremony of the event.

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Posted by Mursil Mehmood Butt on Sep 20 2012. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry