Regan Leong and Masato Sakai secure gold medals – Australian Youth Olympic Festival

Regan Leong and Masato Sakai secured gold medals of the Men’s 200m freestyle and 200m butterfly respectively at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.

His exhausting effort stayed only a touch ahead of his closest competitor and tapped the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 48.97 seconds.

The champion was chased by Alexander Graham, who stayed 0.02 seconds away from his foregoing finisher and surfaced on the finishing end for silver medal by clocking an effort of 1 minute and 48.99 seconds.

The silver medallist was traced by Mack Horton, who stayed 1.20 seconds away from his former finisher and obtained bronze medal of the race by posting an effort of 1 minute and 50.19 seconds.

The bronze medallist was chased by Toru Maruyama, who stayed 0.51 seconds apart and surfaced on the wall for fourth position by producing an effort of 1 minute and 50.70 seconds.

Fifth position of the race was obtained by Luiz Lopes Melo, who stayed only 0.03 seconds apart and surfaced on the wall with an effort of 1 minute and 50.73 seconds.

Subsequently, Sakai finished first in the distant butterfly discipline. Sakai remained nearly two body lengths ahead of his closest competitor and tapped the wall for gold medal with a timing of 1 minute and 58.35 seconds.

The gold medallist was trailed by Mitchell Pratt, who remained 1.62 seconds away from his foregoing finisher and surfaced on the wall for silver medal by producing an effort of 1 minute and 59.97 seconds.

The silver medallist was traced by Ryo Fujimoto, who stayed one and a half body length behind and touched the wall for bronze medal with an effort of 2 minutes and 01.42 seconds.

The third position holder was followed by Evan White, who stayed 1.48 seconds apart and touched the wall for fourth position by clocking an effort of 2 minutes and 02.90 seconds.

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

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