THE Vassilis Kakoulakis fought, but lost in the… details the medal in the 7.5 kilometers of teenagersin its context World Championship swimming marathon – long distances for the categories of Young Men-Young Women (18/19 years), Teenagers-Teens (16/17 years) and Boys-Girls (14/15 years), which is held in the city of Alghero, Sardinia.
His 17-year-old athlete Orion of Heraklion he completed his effort in 1 hour, 18 minutes and 45.20 seconds and placed fourth, missing out on the podium trio. For the record, the gold medal was won by the Turkish Emir Batur Albayrak with a performance of 1 hour 18:34.30, which prevailed over the Italian’s… thread David Grossi (1:18:34.50), while the bronze medal went to Turkish Atakan Ercan (1:18:39.00).
It is worth noting that a second Greek swimmer “fell” in the 7.5 kilometers of teenagers, the Antonis Serzetakisbut was cancelled.
In the meantime, in the 7.5 kilometers of the juniors, the Antonia Rakopoulou ranked 18th with a time of 1 hour 28:39.40 and Elisavet Maria Nastopoulou took 30th place with a time of 1 hour 29:37.30. The gold medal in the event was won by the American woman Claire Weistein with a performance of 1 hour 25:43.30, while the trio of the podium was completed by the Spanish Clara Martinez de Salinas Peña (1:25:46.00) and Napsugar Nagy from Hungary (1:25:49.60).
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