“Wow! This is my first world title. What can I say?” he said, visibly moved, at the microphone of World Aquatics. “I'm happy. I haven't always won. The Olympics didn't go as I hoped (Editor's note: 4th in the 100m butterfly and 5th in the 200m butterfly).”
Walsh wins the Women's category
For the ladies, in this same event, it was the American Gretchen Walsh who won in 24.01. On Tuesday, she improved the world distance record twice (in the heats, then in the semi-final to 23.94).
Her compatriots Regan Smith and Katharine Berkoff won gold and silver respectively in the 100m backstroke. Smith won the first short course title of his career (54.55), just 28 hundredths off his world record.
In the 800m freestyle, the Australian Lani Pallister (8.01.95) won the gold medal with a big lead of 3.47 over her runner-up, the German Isabel Gose.
Present in large numbers in Hungary, the Russians, who compete under a neutral flag, also offered themselves two titles, the first thanks to the promising Miron Lifintsev, 18 years old, winner of the 100m backstroke final by only 3 hundredths ahead of the Hungarian Kos, and the second at the end of the session with the 4x50m mixed medley relay, which triumphed ahead of Canada and the United States.
Note that France unlocked its medal counter thanks to Beryl Gastaldello, second in the 50m butterfly.
Henveaux and lice
This Thursday, the third day marks the entry into the running, in the 400m freestyle, of our only representative, Lucas Henveaux. The Liégeois will play in the fifth series at 10:52 a.m. before, hopefully, playing the final at 7:13 p.m.
