Masato Sakai and Yui Ohashi accomplish gold medals – Australian Youth Olympic Festival

Masato Sakai and Yui Ohashi accomplished gold medals of the Men’s 200m butterfly and Women’s 400m Individual Medley (IM) respectively at the 2012 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.

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 traced by Mitchell Pratt, who was 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 chased by Ryo Fujimoto, who remained 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 bronze medallist was followed by Evan White, who remained 1.48 seconds apart and touched the wall for fourth position by clocking an effort of 2 minutes and 02.90 seconds.

Fifth finest spot of the race was obtained by Bradlee Ashby, who was 1.59 seconds behind and reached the finishing end by clocking a time of 2 minutes and 04.49 seconds.

On the other hand, Ohashi captured gold medal of the event in 400m event. Her commendable place stayed half body length ahead of her following swimmer as she tapped the wall with an effort of 4 minutes and 43.54 seconds.

The champion was followed by Sydney Pickrem, who stayed 0.51 seconds apart and surfaced on the finishing wall for silver medal by producing an effort of 4 minutes and 44.05 seconds.

Third position of the event was trailed by Wakaba Tsuyuuchi, who stayed 0.04 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and tapped the wall with the timing of 4 minutes and 45.86 seconds.

Subsequently, the bronze medallist was chased by Emily Overholt, who stayed two body lengths behind and finished her race in fourth place by posting an effort of 4 minutes and 45.86 seconds.

Furthermore, the arena appreciated notable efforts of all participants while the position holders received medals and accolades at the victory ceremony of the event.

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