Märtens competitors send greetings from Australia

(June 13, 2023) The Australian World Championship trials kicked off on Tuesday with exciting finals and absolutely world-class performances. Given a fight at the highest international level Sam Short And Elijah Winnington Over 400 meters freestyle.

Ready, Short put his hand up the wall in 3:43.38, a tenth ahead of defending world champion Winnington. So let’s see both of them this way at the World Championships in July. The 19-year-old Short currently holds the year’s current world best time of 3:42.48. With today’s performance, Winnington moved up to third in the world rankings, directly behind Magdeburg Lucas Martens (3:43,32). The two Australians could be the biggest challengers to the European champion in the 400m freestyle at next month’s world championships.

Short and Winnington weren’t the only ones to salute the international competition. She won the women’s 200m medley final to open the division Kayleigh McKeown 2:07.60 was her first gold medal, and it wasn’t just hers. In a few days he will complete the 100m. Backstroke and 200 m. He is the current world record holder in both routes. He will also feature in the 200m freestyle and 50m backstroke. His performance today is a sign that McCown is in strong form: It’s the second-fastest time of his career and only the 2023 Canadian in the world. Summer Mackintosh The best.

Favorite swimmers also won the 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle. Swim the distance to a crawl Arian Titus Safe and almost four seconds ahead of his maiden gold medal in 3:58.47. She rose to second place in the world rankings – only Summer McIntosh was faster at this distance in 2023, who set a new world record of 3:56.08 minutes in April. Many Olympic champions have swum the dolphin course Emma McKeon He won in 56.74 seconds.

Apart from the 400m freestyle, the men’s 100m breaststroke final was also on the programme. Both first and second place, separated by only two tenths, were under a minute. Gold arrived Jack Stapleton Cook (59.68) and silver Samuel Williamson (59.86)

Image: Swimming Australia / D. Car