Apostolos Christou participated in the sixth heat of the men’s 50m backstroke at the 25-man World Championships in Melbourne, where he finished second in 23.18, behind Isaal-Alan Cooper in 22.79 and an Oceania record, getting his “ticket” to the semi-finals race, together with the American Hunter Armstrong and ahead of the also American Ryan Murphy.
Thus, Christou qualified with the eighth best time.
Poland’s Kasper Stokowski set a games record with 22.78.
The two semi-finals are scheduled for 10:59 and 11:03 on Thursday.
As for Andreas Vazeos, within 20 minutes he competed in the preliminaries of two events. First in the 200m butterfly, where with 1:52.28 in the fourth row he was fifth, ranked 12th overall and eliminated from the final.
A little later, however, he participated in the third heat of the 100-meter individual medley. He finished fourth in 52.62 and advanced to the semifinals as 14th overall. Best of all is the Frenchman Maxim Grouchet with 51.94.
The two semi-finals are scheduled for 12:14 and 12:19 on Thursday.
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