The 25-year-old swimmer covered the distance in 1 minute. 14.93 sec. and took fourth place. The swimmer was just over 2 seconds short of the bronze medal.
Dutch swimmer Rogier Dorsman became the Paralympic champion (1 min. 11.07 min).
We remind you that in the selection held in the morning, E. Matakas covered the distance of 100 m in 1 minute. 15.69 sec. E. Matakas took 4th place overall.
Rogier Dorsman, representative of the Netherlands, swam the fastest in the selection, who covered the distance in 1 minute. 10.92 sec.
E. Matakas already swam in the Paralympics in Paris – the Lithuanian participated in the 50 m freestyle swimming, where he reached the final and took the sixth place among all swimmers.
We would like to remind you that in the identical event, the Kaunas won bronze at the last Paralympic Games in Tokyo. At that time, he covered the distance in the final swim in 26.38 seconds.
During the entire history of swimming at the independent Lithuanian Paralympic Games, only two swimmers have managed to win medals – E. Matakas and the current president of the Lithuanian Disabled Sports Federation Kęstučius Skučuis (silver, 2004 Athens Olympics).
2024-09-05 23:09:28