2024-04-28 00:54:54
Impressive the Guatemalan swimmer! He national newt He has shown that winning blood runs through his veins and every time he enters the pool he confirms it, Roberto Bonilla set record in 100 meters breaststroke who had more than 25 years in national sports.
He National Individual Swimming Championships 2024 which was held in Mazatenango, Suchitepequez, brought together the best country swimmers who demonstrated their talent in the pool and that is how several national records. Here we will tell you what they were. What a chilero!
For 25 years! Roberto Bonilla set record in 100 meters breaststroke
During the weekend the national swimmers they met at the Mazatenango Complex to participate in the National Championship where the stopwatch surprised with several results that were applauded by the spectators who enjoyed a weekend with high temperatures.
One of the great joys was observing how several swimmers They established new records and mainly that of 100 meters breaststroke which was about 25 years since he got it Alvaro Fortunywho participated in the Sydney Olympics Australia in 2000 and in Athens 2024. What a chilero!
What is Roberto Bonilla’s new record?
He national swimmer during the evidence in Mazatenango he imposed, in the 100 meters breaststroke, a time of 1:03.79, which improved what was imposed by Alvaro Fortuny during the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada in 1999 con 1:04.08.
For Roberto it was a great emotion to have obtained it, as he remembered that in 1999 when Fortuny took over the brand broke time that his father had established, with the same name, that is why it has a very important meaning.
Bonilla had already broken the record of the 200 meter breaststroke during the Futures Championships 2023 in San Antonio Texas, United States. On that occasion in the preliminaries, he recorded a time of 2:18.57 minutes, to surpass the major record that was held by Alvaro Fortune since 1999 —2:20.06 minutes—.
However, in the same competition he improved his time by clocking 2:16.52 minutes to impose a new national brandthis time in the absolute category.
Records set at the 2024 National Championship
In addition to the time established in the 100-meter breaststroke, during the championship which took place from April 18 to 21, 2024, other swimmers also managed to win in the pool. As the case of Érick Gordillo, Central American and Caribbean champion 2022by improving times in the 200 and 400 meter freestyle specialty.
According to the Guatemala Swimming Federation, Gordillo set a time in the 100 meter freestyle of 1:51.71 and in the 200 meter freestyle with 3:58.98. Last year at the National Championship held in Zacapa he had also set new records. Furthermore, he also holds the record in 200 meters combined individual tax on the World swimming championship held in Australia in 2022.
To the harvest of medals and national records the youth joined Roberto Gossmann, who won the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 52.94. What a chilero!
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