Swimming
Short course European Championship bronze for Mladenovic in the 100 m breaststroke
Austria's Luka Mladenovic won bronze in the 100 m breaststroke at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Lublin on Wednesday!
The 21-year-old finished in 56.27 seconds, 42 hundredths behind the Dutch winner Caspar Corbeau and six hundredths ahead of Italy's Simone Cerasuolo in fourth place. Mladenovic won three Junior World Championship medals and one European Championship medal in 2022, as well as three European U23 Championship gold medals this year. It was his first medal in the general class.
Mladenovic also improved the Austrian record, which he only set in the semi-finals, by a further 38 hundredths. "I don't really have any words. I didn't expect it at all. To achieve such a best time once again is amazing. I would never have imagined that. It's indescribable," explained the USA student.
Strong performance in the finish brought medal
Mladenovic swam to a medal with a strong performance in the finish. "I realized at the end that I still had power, I wanted to speed up again and tried not to tear up and to have a lot of water in my hand. That worked out perfectly. I was then in the tunnel and it was just right. This medal means the most to me. To win a medal here is in another league."
Mladenovic already has another chance to win precious metal on Thursday, as he qualified for the final of the 100m medley in third place. "Just like in the 100 breaststroke, I'm going in without any expectations, I'm having a lot of fun swimming here and just want to enjoy it. What comes out, comes out," said the man from Salzburg. Heiko Gigler is also in the final of the 100 m medley, while Julia Berger finished tenth in the 200 m crawl.
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