More than 400 m crawl: Djakovic with no chance of World Cup medal

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Antonio Djakovic had no chance of winning a medal at his last premiere at the world championships. The man from eastern Switzerland swam 6th in the 400 meter crawl on the first of eight competition days in Fukuoka.

In a strong 3:44.22 minutes, Djakovic was more than a second behind his time set in the morning, just qualifying for the final of the top eight. With this time, the runner-up in the European Championships over 200 and 400 m crawl fell below the Olympic limit for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. His Swiss record is 3:43.93 minutes.

Australian Samuel Short became the first world champion in title fights in Japan. The 19-year-old beat Tunisian Ahmed Hafnaoui, who was a year older than him, by two hundredths in 3:40.68. The bronze went to the German defending champion Lukas Märtens at the gold premiere of Short. His reserve on Djakovic was just over two seconds.

Ponti misses the final

A small disappointment caused Noè Ponti a little later. The Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist over 100 m dolphin aimed for a Swiss record over half the distance, but clearly failed the project. With 23.36 seconds, de Tessin even improved his time in the semi-finals (23.13). Ponti clearly missed the advance to the final in 13th. The national record of 23.04 seconds would have been enough to qualify for the final. (SDA)

Source : Blick