Florent Hassambay wins Men’s 50m butterfly gold – 2012 Indian Ocean Meet

Florent Hassambay wins Men’s 50m butterfly gold – 2012 Indian Ocean Meet

Florent Hassambay of France won gold medal of the Men’s 50m butterfly on concluding day of the 2012 Indian Ocean Meet in St. Paul, Reunion, on Sunday, December 30.

The French swimmer continued his breath-taking efforts on last day of the tournament and succeeded in securing another gold medal.

With his exceptional efforts in the playoff, Hassambay faced little competition from his toughest challenger and managed to ascend on the podium for the title.

His gruelling effort remained almost half a body length ahead of his toughest challenger as he tapped the wall for gold medal with the timing of 24.72 seconds.

The gold medallist was followed by compatriot, Philippe Arginthe, who stayed 0.31 seconds slower and surfaced on the wall for silver medal by producing an effort of 25.03 seconds.

The second position holder was followed by Julien Bayle of France, who was only 0.02 seconds behind and tapped the wall for bronze medal by posting a time of 25.05 seconds.

Bayle was traced by Kevin Lucian of France, who was 0.46 seconds slower from his former finisher and touched the wall for fourth place by submitting an effort of 25.51 seconds.

Fifth position of the event was obtained by Lucian’s team-member, Maxime Bussiere, who was more than half a body length behind and surfaced on the wall with the timing of 26.15 seconds.

Bussiere was chased by Kevin Huet, who suffered a loss of 0.03 seconds from his former finisher and touched the wall for sixth place by producing an effort of 26.18 seconds.

Huet was chased by Arnaud Incana of France, who was 0.41 seconds slower from his former finisher and surfaced on the finishing end for seventh place by touching the wall with an effort of 26.59 seconds.

In addition, the arena applauded for notable efforts of all participants in their respective events while the position holders received medals and accolades for their undisputed efforts at the victory ceremony of the session.

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