Eduardo Cisternas achieves a new national record in the 400-meter freestyle – 2024-08-05 14:40:40

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2024-08-05 14:40:40

The 20-year-old Chilean, who finished second in his heat, set a time of three minutes, 51 seconds and 29 hundredths, breaking the mark he set in Tokyo 2020 of 3:54.10.

The swimmer Eduardo Cisternas had an incredible performance at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, set a new national record in the 400-meter freestyle.

The 20-year-old Chilean, who finished second in his series, He set a record of three minutes, 51 seconds and 29 hundredths.breaking the record he set in Tokyo 2020 of 3:54.10.

Speaking to Chilevisión, Eduardo Cisternas gave an account of some situations, stating that “There were a couple of people who gave me the runaround before swimming, but I turned the situation around” and I am very happy with my family. Thank you all very much.”

“I cannot understand that when you are planning to be 20 years old and want to represent your country, there are some who want to harm you. “They will know why they did it, the situation was always there. Some people thought I couldn’t do it, that I wasn’t going to swim hard, that I wasn’t going to improve my time, but I just swam,” argued the Chilean swimmer.

Regarding the new national record in the 400-meter freestyle, the athlete admitted to being “very happy, it is almost a three-second improvement. It is a brand that I have worked for, I have gone through several coaches, all of whom have taught me valuable things for this moment. “I don’t even know how to explain it.”

“Years of work have paid off. This is just the beginning, we will come back stronger,” said the representative of Team Chile at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

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