Successful Swiss start: Djakovic secures World Cup final and Olympic ticket

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At the start of the long track competitions in the Japanese port city, Antonio Djakovic secured last place for the final on Sunday afternoon (13:02 Swiss time) in the preliminary round over 400 m crawl with the eighth fastest time. The number two in the European Championship will also receive a ticket for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris over this distance. The 20-year-old from eastern Switzerland, who was slowed down in late winter by a nerve injury in his neck, swims by far his best time of the year at 3:45.54 minutes.

Noè Ponti qualifies for the semi-final over 50 m dolphin with the fifth best time (Sunday from 13:23 hrs). In 23.13 seconds, the 22-year-old from Ticino is only nine hundredths above his national record. “And I felt like I could swim faster,” Ponti sums up.

Desplanches and Tuscany

Jérémy Desplanches, like Ponti an Olympic medalist, is also satisfied when he climbs out of the pool after his first World Championships in Fukuoka. The medley specialist, who competes in the 100-meter breaststroke, cannot qualify for the semi-finals. In 23rd place, with a time of 1:00.95 minutes, he is just 0.66 seconds ahead of his Swiss record, which he set two years ago at the Tokyo Olympics. Desplanches’ main race in the 200-meter individual medley starts Wednesday morning with the heats.

Marius Toscan, the fourth Swiss on Sunday, also fails in the heats in the 400 meter medley. With 4:21.24 minutes he was 17th in his only start at the World Championships, more than a second behind his best time, which he set at the Swiss Championships in Les Vernets in March. (SDA)

Source : Blick