By Yulia Monakhova, On Monaday, July 30th American swimmers dominated 100m Backstroke events by taking home two gold medals and one silver. In addition American veteran Matthew Grevers set a new Olympic record along the way. The 27-year-old Grevers remained in a full body length lead over his teammate. On the turn Grevers was second but he pulled his strength in the final straight and won with 52.16 seconds. The previous record-holder was also an American swimmer Aaron Piersol who won gold in 2008 Beijing Olympics with a record of 52.54 seconds. Back in 2008 Grevers took home the silver medal.Grevers' teammate Nick Thoman claimed the silver in 52.92 seconds. Bronze went to the Japanese swimmer Ryosuke Irie, whoi came just 0.05 seconds later. Irie was chased by Camille Lacourt of France, who was 0.11 seconds apart. Fifth place of the event was taken by Liam Tancock of Great Britain, who finished 0.27 seconds later. Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics , gold, sport, News, Sports, Olympic Games , World, Читать далее, Source: Voice of Russia.
