Swimming World Cup in Budapest: Kreundl says goodbye, records tumble!

Swimming World Cup in Budapest: Kreundl says goodbye, records tumble!

At the Warfahn World Championships in Budapest, the Austrian swimmers showed exciting performances, but not everyone had the hoped-for success. Lena Kreundl, who would like to end her career after a last competition on Saturday, slammed over 100 m in the lead by 0.18 seconds in the semi -finals and reached a time of 1: 00.19 minutes. "My body does not want to ignite," said the 27-year-old, who will then concentrate entirely on her new role as a policewoman, as vienna.at reported.

Bernhard Reithammer and Heiko Gigler reached ranks 15 and 16. Equipment hammer a personal best of 57.28 seconds in their 100 m race on Wednesday and was therefore 0.06 seconds faster than before. Gigler, who competed over 100 m, missed his own Austrian record by just a hundredth of a second with a time of 46.46 seconds. Despite the narrowly missed final qualification, Gigler was optimistic: "I am very well set. Semifinals definitely, that has to be inside," he agreed, while he was already looking at his next race over 100 m, how laola1.at

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Andreas Rizek ended his only World Cup deployment over 200 m dolphin in 1: 55.40 minutes and came to the 23rd place. All eyes are now focused on the upcoming competitions on Thursday, in which, in addition to Kreundl, Simon Bucher will also start over 50 m back. These appearances could ensure an exciting sequel, and the team hopes that the exhausted swimmers may show themselves in shape. So far, these championships have been shaped by impressive achievements, including seven world records on the previous day and the achievement of the first Swiss world champion in the pelvic swimming, which gives the competition in importance.