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Estonian Kregor Zirks took the third place (3:49.73).
D. Rapšius holds the Lithuanian record in men’s 400 m freestyle – 3 minutes. 43.36 sec.
15-year-old Tajus Juška from Kaunas demonstrated another record-breaking swim on Friday.
This morning, Paulius Andrijauska’s pupil entered the men’s 50m butterfly final with a new Lithuanian under-17 record (24.18), where he competed against much older competitors.
In the final, T. Juška was even faster and covered the distance in 24.05 seconds. took eighth place. The young swimmer got even closer to the national male record held by Tad Duškinas (23.58).
The Dutchman Nylsas Korstanje, who broke the competition record, became the winner here (22.92). The German Luca Nik Armbruster (23.42) won the silver, the bronze went to the Czech Jan Sefl (23.57).
The Lithuanians will continue their performance in Stockholm on Saturday: D. Rapšys and T. Juška will compete in the men’s 200 m freestyle, and Andrius Šidlauskas will appear in the 100 m breaststroke.
The competition in Sweden is another opportunity for athletes to meet Olympic standards.
Let us remind you that among the Lithuanians starting in Stockholm, only D. Rapšys has secured a place in the Olympic Games, having already fulfilled the standards for 200 and 400 m freestyle.
2024-04-06 07:48:26