Felipe Lima and Dana Vollmer secure gold medals – Arena Grand Prix
Thursday, February 21st, 2013 4:00:37 by Mursil Mehmood ButtFelipe Lima and Dana Vollmer secure gold medals of the Men’s 100m breaststroke Women’s 100m butterfly respectively on first day of the 2013 Arena Grand Prix.
He suffered tough battle from his toughest challenger and surfaced on the finishing end for gold medal by producing a time of 1 minute and 00.86 seconds.
The first position holder was traced by Mike Alexandrov, who was only 0.04 seconds behind and finished second in the event by clocking a time of 1 minute and 00.90 seconds.
Third fastest spot of the race was chased by Bradley Craig, who was 2.38 seconds behind and clocked a time of 1 minute and 03.28 seconds.
Craig was followed by Azad Al-barazi, who stayed only 0.11 seconds behind and touched the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 03.39 second for fourth position.
Fifth finest spot of the event was secured by Carlos Claverie, who was 0.09 seconds behind and hit the wall with an effort of 1 minute and 03.48 seconds.
On the other hand, Vollmer secured gold medal of the 100m butterfly discipline. She remained in a half body length ahead of her closest competitor and transpired on the finishing end for gold medal by producing a time of 58.91 seconds.
The gold medallist stayed 0.45 seconds faster from Jeanette Otteson, who stepped on the medal rostrum for silver medal by clocking a time of 59.36 seconds.
The silver medallist was traced by Audrey Lacroix, who was 0.34 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and finished third in the race by submitting a time of 59.71 seconds.
Subsequently, fourth position of the event was secured by Missy Franklin, who was 1.49 seconds slower and settled on the wall with an effort of 1 minute and 01.20 seconds.
Furthermore, the position holders received meals and accolades for their notable efforts in their respective events after the event. In addition, the arena applauded for commendable forms of all position holders while the winners received medals and accolades at the victory ceremony of the tournament.
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