Qing Xu and Victoria Arlen win gold medals – 2012 Paralympic Games

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012 4:10:31 by

Qing Xu and Victoria Arlen win gold medals – 2012 Paralympic Games

Qing Xu and Victoria Arlen won gold medals of the Men and Women’s 100m freestyle in S6 class at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.

With his laudable efforts, Xu remained considerably ahead of his toughest competitor and tapped the finishing wall for the title with a timing of 1 minute and 05.82 seconds.

The champion was trailed by Sebastian Iwanow, who remained almost one and a half body length behind and touched the wall for silver medal with a timing of 1 minute and 07.34 seconds.

The silver medallist was followed by Lorenzo Perez Escalona, who stayed nearly 0.70 seconds slower and stepped on the victory stand for bronze medal by submitting a time of 1 minute and 08.01 seconds.

Escalona was chased by Darragh McDonald, who stayed 0.91 seconds behind and settled on the finishing blockade as fourth best finisher by producing a time of 1 minute and 08.92 seconds.

Fifth fastest spot of the event was obtained by Matthew Haanappel, who stayed full body length behind and touched the wall with a timing of 1 minute and 09.88 seconds.

Afterwards, Arlen occupied gold medal of the equivalent event in Women’s corner. With her astonishing efforts, Arlen stayed one and a half body length ahead of her strongest contender and proved her eligibility for the title by producing a time of 1 minute
and 13.33 seconds.

The champion was followed by Eleanor Simmonds, who stayed 1.49 seconds slower from her and transpired on the finishing blockade as second position holder by reporting a time of 1 minute and 14.82 seconds.

Simmonds was chased by Tanja Groepper, who stayed 2.01 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and touched the wall with a timing of 1 minute and 16.83 seconds for bronze medal.

Groepper was followed by Lingling Song, who stayed only 0.01 seconds slower and secured fourth position of the event by reporting a time of 1 minute and 16.84 seconds.

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

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