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In the final at 400m. Papastamos mixed with a record

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In the final at 400m. mixed at the 17th World Swimming Championships in a 25m pool. will compete Apostolos Papastamos.

Her athlete Team Future by bwin he set a Panhellenic record for Young Men, 4:04.24 (he had an individual record of 4:05.19, he qualified as 8th, swimming in the 3rd heat and finished 4th. In fact, with his performance he managed to leave out the six-time world champion, Daya Seto.

This will be the 20th final for the Greek colors in the history of the event, where the top position is the 4th place of Andreas Vazaios in the 200m individual medley in 2021 in Abu Dhabi.

My chance has come and I will do one more race. I made mistakes in the first half that sapped my energy, with better management I will do better. I want to enjoy the final. I will work with my coach on the race. I owe my family who I want to make proud and my whole team this final that I have been chasing for a long time…“, he declared to ERT.

For his part, Daniil Giourtzidis set an individual record of 4:14.07 in the 2nd qualifying series (8th route) and took 28th place among the 38 athletes who took part. “I’m not satisfied, I wanted and thought I’d go under 4:10, I’m probably not ready for the 25th pool, races like this inspire me to keep going“, he said to the ERT camera.

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