Five Greek participations in the World Cup on the first day

With five Greek entries the first day of swimming at the Fukuoka World Aquatic Championships will be held.

The Greek champions will fight the first battles in the event, while chasing qualifications for themselves Olympic Games of Paris.

The… dance for the Greeks will be opened by Dimitris Markos at 5:04who will drop into the qualifying pool 400 m. free. The individual record of the 21-year-old champion is 3:48.72m, while this year’s is 3:49.73.

At 5:29 will enter the battle of the qualifiers 100m butterfly the Anna Dutunaki, having already secured qualification for Paris. The Chaniotissa champion has many chances to qualify, having this year’s record at 57.75 and individual record at 57.25.

It will follow on 5.47 The Stergios Bilas in the qualifiers of 50m butterflywho has this year’s and individual record of 23.62 which he did in the winter.

In the qualifiers of 400 m. mixed will compete on 6:57 The Apostolos Papastamos, who chases the limit. His personal record is 4:11.93, with the Paris mark set at 4:12.50. His record this year is 4:15.39.

What program will be completed with the qualifiers at 4×100 freestyle men, on 7:24where a final qualification increases the chances of Olympic qualification.