In the 50m semifinals. Bellas butterfly is also a qualification for Dundounaki, a record Pavlopoulou

With two qualifiers in the semifinals and two Panhellenic records, the Greek mission began its presence at the World Swimming Championships in Singapore.

THE Stergios Billas with a time of 23.04 in the 50m. Butterfly improved its own Pan -Hellenic record 23.06, which had scored on June 17, 2024, in the final of the Belgrade European Championship, and passed with the 7th performance. At 14:27 he will compete in the second semifinal series of the competition, where he will have the opportunity to chase one year under 23 seconds and claim a place in tomorrow’s (28/7) final. The fastest of the qualifiers were French Maxim Grushe and 22.74.

I was present in the 100m semifinals. butterfly will be the Anna Dundounakiwhich took the 12th place of the qualifiers with 57.62. The Panathinaikos champion has 57.27 this year and will have to go much faster at noon (14:13), in the first semifinal series, if he wants to claim a place in the final of a very competitive competition. In contrast, far from her abilities was left Georgia Damasiotiswhich ranked 21st with 58.60 (this year’s and individual record 57.50). Far with the qualifiers, the American world record holder, Gretsen Walles, with 55.68.

In her first race in the world championship, the Nicole Pavlopoulou He regained the Panhellenic record in the 200m. mixed individual. The 24 -year -old swimmer in the Ocean took 24th place with a time of 2: 13.85, breaking the 2: 13.91 that Artemis Vassilakis had made in the Thessaloniki Pan -Hellenic Championship on May 16th. Australian Tara Kinter was the fastest with 2: 09.45, one hundredth of a second in front of the ultimate favorite of the race, Canadian Samer Makidos (2: 09.46), who went very conservatively, after a short time later. free and passed to the final.

His own Panhellenic record in the 400m. free “touched” the Dimitris Markoswho swam at 3: 47.59 and took 17th place. The 24 -year -old PAOK champion has 3: 47.44 from last year’s European Championship and was very close to breaking this record. Australian Sam Short with 3: 42.07, followed by the new world record, German Lucas Martens, who made 3: 43.81.

Positive was the presence of Savva Thomoglou At 100m. Anterior, where he ranked 32nd with 1: 01.13, catching almost his individual record (1: 01.10). Russian Kiril Prince, who is struggling as an independent, scored the fastest time with 58.53.