Carmen Weiler is near the 100m backstroke remaining

MADRID, 29 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Spanish swimmer Carmen Weiler didn’t advance to the ultimate of the 100-meter backstroke occasion on the Paris Olympics on Monday, whereas Emma Carrasco and Carlos Garach additionally missed out on the finals of the 400-meter medley and 800-meter freestyle, respectively.

The Valencian, who’s making her Olympic debut on the age of 19, completed fifth within the first of the semi-finals, dominated by the American Regan Smith (57.97, additionally the chief of the semis), stopping the clock at 59.72 – above her time within the morning – which compelled her to attend to see what would occur within the different sequence. In the long run, she completed ninth and stays as first reserve.

Within the morning session, Weiler managed to advance to the semis with the eighth greatest time of all of the members, a 59.57 that additionally allowed her to beat the Spanish document for the space by decreasing by eight hundredths her personal nationwide document achieved final June.

In the meantime, the younger Spanish swimmer Emma Carrasco was unable to qualify for the ultimate of the 400m medley in her first Olympic Video games. The Catalan, daughter of Sydney Olympian Jordi Carrasco, was formidable in her technique within the second sequence of semi-finals, and got here in third after the breaststroke, however she fell flat within the two lengths of the freestyle, falling to seventh place with a time of 4.43.13.

Lastly, the Spanish long-distance runner Carlos Garach was additionally unable to make it into the ultimate of the 800 freestyle, regardless of swimming lower than a second behind the Spanish document held by Marco Rivera since 2009. The Andalusian completed second in his sequence (7.50.07), behind the Austrian Felix Auboeck, and completed in eighteenth place.