Bucher's double misconception: WM rank five and just missed!

Bucher's double misconception: WM rank five and just missed!

In an impressive performance at the swimmer's short track championship in Budapest, the Tyrolean Simon Bucher reached fifth place over 100 meters of butterfly on Saturday. In a time of 49.19 seconds, the 24-year-old only missed his own Austrian record by 0.17 seconds, which at the same time represents an improvement by a tenth compared to the semi-finals. However, Bucher misses the medal ranks by 0.48 seconds. Heiko Gigler, on the other hand, set a new OSV record at the 50 meters freestyle, whereby he improved in the lead and then in the semi-final by 0.06 and 0.13 seconds to 21.06 seconds, which in the end brought him 14th place. In a very narrow race, Gigler only swam 0.26 seconds behind eighth place that would have qualified for the final.

world records on the assembly line

The World Cup in Budapest was peppered with spectacular records. The Swiss Noe Ponti set a new world record with 47.71 seconds over 100 meters butterfly and improved the old record of Caleb Dressel from the USA by 0.07 seconds. The American Gretchen Walsh also set up a new world record with a time of 52.71 seconds over 100 meters of butterfly. This was just one of several records that were achieved during the competition cycle. Jordan Crooks swam in 19.90 seconds over 50 meters freestyle in 19.90 seconds and was the first to break through the 20 second mark in this race, which is a new world record and secured it to the final. Swimming in Budapest is flooded by records, which underlines the sporting highlights of the event, as reported by nön.at and krone.at.

Another remarkable moment of these championships was the end of Lena Kreundl's career, who took 42nd place on Saturday morning at the 50 meters freestyle and now wants to pay her attention to her work as a police officer. Both Heiko Gigler and Bernhard Reitshammer left over 50 meters of breast, both with a time of 26.34 seconds in 20th place. These competitions impressively show the high level of performance and the fighting spirit of the Austrian swimmers, even if some of them did not end up in the medal ranks.