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MEN’S 100M FREESTYLE – FINALS
2013 World Champion: James Magnussen, AUS – 47.73
World Record: 46.91 – Cesar Cielo, BRA – 2009
Championship Record: 46.91 – Cesar Cielo, BRA – 2009
GOLD: Ning Zetao, CHN – 47.84
SILVER: Cameron McEvoy, AUS – 47.95
BRONZE: Federico Grabich, ARG – 48.12
Ning Zetao of China earned the Gold Medal in the men’s 100 freestyle with a time of 47.84. He held off the top swimmer from the Semi-finals, Cameron McEvoy, for the title. McEvoy earned the silver medal with a time of 47.95. The bronze medal went to Federico Grabich of Argentina at 48.12.
Santo Condorelli, the youngest swimmer in the final representing Canada just missed the podium, finishing in fourth with a 48.19.
Marcelo Chierighini of Brazil touched out Russia’s Alexander Sukhorukov by .01. Chierighini finished fifth at 48.27 and Sukhorukov was sixth at 48.28.
American Nathan Adrian and Pieter Timmers of Belgium tied for the seventh and final position at 48.31.
China! The best! The Chinese are the cleverest and most intelligent people on earth. So get used to it! It is just natural that they win! More to come… OMG! To all those jealous clowns and sour grapes:- What’s the point, you keep on losing and losing all the way! No point whining and losing all your energy because someone else won! C’mon, when you lose, don’t be jealous! When you win, be proud but be gracious! Be a sport!
China! Go! Go! Go! China is the best!
Ning Zetao! The Star! More to come… 🙂
Can’t disagree. But don’t try to pretend you are Chinese.
Why are US viewers the only ones that are allowed to watch the video? I can’t find it anywhere…you’d think FINA would want to spread the popularity of the sport as much as possible..
The Chinese men have scared the heck out of me (in a GOOD way). Their strokes are long and powerful not to mention they are F*A*S*T. More is yet to come in Rio. The USA and other nations better be ready. Next year will be a barn burner. I am going to ignore the hype regarding Phelps or Hagino or Lochte and so on. The Chinese men have proven that they are the equal to any nation. One year to go! It is going to be a wild Mr. Toad ride at Disneyland!
Congratulations Ning! Some of the comments above are really sad.
I come here just want to see the comments about drug, like what they did to Shiwen Ye.
I’m sorry but most of the posters here are woefully uneducated when it comes to doping. First of all, Clen is a highly effective drug; however, as I posted in the live feed, an almost identical drug (found in albuterol) is similarly effective and LEGAL with a TUE (theraputic use exemption). It is used as asthma medication. You think that it is coincidence that so many top swimmers are supposedly asthmatics? It is not. It is so they can use beta-2 agonists like modern versions of Clen (what Ning was busted for).
Secondly, the drug limits for certain natural hormones (testosterone) which is one of the most powerful steroids out there (and the base of almost every steroid “stack” used… Read more »
Well done! Nice to see the first Asian championship in 100m freestyle.
i’ve seen*