The World Championships in Short Course Swimming will be held this week in Budapest. In the evening’s semifinals, Laura Lahtinen missed 12 hundredths of her SE time, being 15th in the semifinals
18:30•Updated 19:08
Was in good condition in the fall Laura Lahtinen swam a new Finnish record of 25.47 in the 50-meter butterfly in the morning preliminaries.
In the evening’s semifinals, Lahtinen missed 12 hundredths of his SE time and was 15th in the semifinals with a time of 25.59, and did not reach the final.
of the United States Gretchen Walsh swam two world records in the 50m butterfly. In the morning, the journey was completed in 24.02, and in the evening’s semi-finals in Lahtinen, 23.94. While a swimmer gets $25,000 for the ME time, Walsh already increased his money pot by $50,000 before the final.
Canadian 18 year old Summer McIntosh in the first final of Tuesday evening, meanwhile, in the women’s 400 meter freestyle, the ME time was 3:50.25. Australian Lani Pallister was 3.5 seconds worse and took the World Championship silver with a time of 3:53.73.
In the semi-finals of the men’s 50-meter butterfly, Switzerland was responsible for the ME Noe Ponti at 21.43. It was already the fourth world record of the Games.
Early in the morning Fanny Teijonsalo swam his own record of 59.27 in the preliminaries of the 100-meter backstroke. However, it was not enough for a place in the semi-finals. Teijonsalo was 25th in the overall results of the heats.
Ronny Brännkärr clearly fell short of his record in the preliminaries of the 200m medley. Brännkärr clocked a time of 1:56.18, while his record is 1:55.09. Brännkärr was 23rd in the heats. The eight fastest advanced to the final.
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