Berger and Bucher shine at the swimming World Cup: In the semi-finals!

Berger and Bucher shine at the swimming World Cup: In the semi-finals!

At the swimming world championships on the short train in Budapest, the Austrian swimmers Simon Bucher and Iris Julia Berger provided great pleasure. Both athletes qualified for the semi -finals of the 100 meter dolphin on Friday, an impressive success! Bucher achieved a time of 49.98 seconds in the run -up and thus secured eleventh place, while Berger moves into the semi -finals with 57.44 seconds in 16th place, as the Kleine Zeitung reported.

Bucher was pleased with his progress: "I am glad that I have now made it into the semi -finals. It didn't feel exciting. But under 50, even if it is scarce, it is quite okay," he said after his run. Berger, on the other hand, who was very disappointed after leaving over 100 meters of crawl, jumped out of the pelvis: "I didn't expect that at all," beamed the 20-year-old. She plans to attack Birgit Koschischischk's Austrian record in the evening, set up in 2008 with 57.42 seconds; At this time she was only 0.02 seconds in the morning, such as Sn.at reported.

semi -finals in sight

In the evening session, Heiko Gigler and Bernhard Reitshammer were also over 100 meters in the final. Christopher Rothbauer, on the other hand, had to leave the competition over a 200 meter breast with 2: 09.23 minutes as 24th. However, Bucher and Berger show that they want to continue working up with every medal and are ready to give everything in the upcoming competitions to exceed their personal best.