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Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon received the 100-meter backstroke ultimate on the Paris Olympics on Monday, with Spaniard Hugo González de Oliveira ending sixth.
Ceccon, the file holder within the occasion since 2022, claimed his first Olympic title with a time of 52.00 seconds, forward of China’s Jiayu Xu (52.32) and American veteran Ryan Murphy (52.39), whereas González de Oliveira clocked 52.73.
The race was due to this fact disappointing for the 25-year-old swimmer from Mallorca, runner-up on the earth championship within the distance this 12 months in Doha and offered as the good hope of Spanish swimming, referred to as to take over from Mireia Belmonte.
González repeated the end result he achieved three years in the past in Tokyo, when he additionally completed sixth.
In Paris, González de Oliveira can even compete within the 200-metre backstroke, the place he’s the present world champion, and in a 3rd occasion, the 200-metre medley.
González de Oliveira, whose father is Spanish and whose mom is Brazilian, trains primarily in California, below the orders of Dave Durden, head of the US Olympic swimming group in Tokyo-2020.
Previously he obtained a suggestion to settle in Spain, however in 2023 he most well-liked to proceed in the US with Durden, though alternating with some coaching on the Actual Canoe membership in Madrid with José Ignacio González ‘Taja’.
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