Ronny Brännkärr broke the men’s 100-meter medley Finnish record, but was eliminated from the final.
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Laura Lahtinen has swum a new Finnish record of 2:05.13 in the women’s 200 meter butterfly World Cup semi-final in Melbourne, Australia.
With his record-breaking swim, Lahtinen finished fourth in the preliminaries and took a place in the finals. The final will be swum at around 11:14
Lahtinen says in Uimaliito’s recording that the pace didn’t seem as fast as it was in the end. He is leaving with good feelings for the final, where he was excited to get to.
– In the evening we will go to the race. When the fourth fastest time is in the morning, of course that’s also where we start swimming for those medals. Let’s take a risk and keep swimming strong until the end and see what it’s enough for.
Brännkärr swam SE
Another record swimmer was Ronny Brännkärrwho broke the Finnish record in the men’s 100 meter medley with a time of 52.28.
Brännkärr finished tied for 17th place in the heat of the 100-meter medley with a time of 52.81 and was the first to qualify from the semifinals. In SE, he swam in the restart of the first reserve swimmer.
Brännkärr says in Uimaliito’s recording that he is disappointed with his first swim and being eliminated from the final.
– However, it was decided to swim off, which was a good option, and fortunately it was better to swim and I got my own record. Of course, it is very sad that there would have been very good opportunities for a sequel, but not this time.
Brännkärr also previously swam his own record in the 200-meter medley at the World Championships, but did not reach the final with his result.