Japan’s Taiya Seto became the first swimmer in history to win six consecutive titles in a single event at the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne on Saturday. In the 400m medley, Seto, 28, took the lead in the breaststroke before outscoring the competition with his freestyle to win in 3’55”75. He has won gold for the sixth time in a row in this competition which started in 2012.
“I focused on this race. I swam the 200m medley, 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke, but the 400m medley was my favorite event,” said the Japanese. “I have never lost in the short term. Next year, I want to crown the long pool. »
Logan Fontaine won the fifth for the Blues
Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutit broke the 50m breaststroke world record, touching the wall in 28.37 in the semi-finals and lowering the previous mark held by Jamaica’s Aliyah Atkinson from 2018 by 19 hundredths. She qualified for Sunday’s final ahead of American Lily King. . Australian queen Emma McKeon, who had already won the 100m, added the 50m freestyle to her list.
In the same race but for the men, Jordan Crooks surprised the Cayman Islands by bringing home their first medal at the world championships. He won in 20”46 ahead of Briton Ben Broad. “I feel very lucky, it’s been an amazing experience,” Crooks said.
France’s Logan Fontaine won bronze in the 800m freestyle at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Melbourne. With a time of 7’33”12, Fontaine finished behind the untouchable Gregorio Paltrinieri in gold and Norwegian Henrik Christiansen in silver. Philip Lucas’ pupil signed his personal best, his third in as many races in Australia.
“In terms of time today I was aiming better than that, but I played the race I wanted to play, I had fun and got a medal, so I’m very happy,” said the 23-year-old swimmer, specialist. Open water swimming. Joris Bouchard, another Frenchman who entered the race, finished sixth. Logan Fontaine brought home France’s fifth medal at these worlds.
The fifth day of competition opened for Australia, who broke the world record in the women’s 4x50m medley relay in 1’42”35. The Italians achieved the same record a few minutes later in the men’s race (1’29”72).
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