Petra Senánszky swam a nationwide file and Olympic-level time within the 50-meter breaststroke on Saturday on the Monaco stage of the Mare Nostrum competitors collection.
The competitor from Debrecen, who is taken into account a legend within the sport of fin swimming, crossed the end line with a time of 24.57 seconds within the quarter-finals of the occasion on Saturday – which was held after the finals within the dash occasions. With this, he handed over his personal file of 24.81, which he swam on the similar place final 12 months.
Senánszky, a thirty-year-old a number of World Video games winner, additionally met the 24.70 stage required to begin in Paris, so he can put together for the primary Olympics of his profession.
“I am very joyful, I solely realized it after I regarded up on the scoreboard, and moreover, I managed to enhance my nationwide peak by fairly a bit. I hoped for this prematurely, since final 12 months I swam my greatest in the identical place, I actually take pleasure in this occasion, as it’s far more playful than a easy preliminary race” Senánszky advised MTI after she completed second behind the legendary Swedish Sarah Sjöström within the “straight elimination stage” of the competitors, thereby making it to the highest 4, so she will probably be within the semi-finals on Sunday.
Concerning the Olympics in Paris, he famous that a large stone fell from his coronary heart, and it’s a nice aid within the preparation that he has reached the extent, since he doesn’t need to carry out in high kind on the European Championships in Belgrade, which can begin in two weeks, and he could make it simpler for the Video games.
“I’m very proud that after twenty-two years of swimming with fins, I managed to attain this in two years in pool swimming. I’m grateful to my coach, my household and my associates, and tomorrow I hope to proceed with a pleasure swim” added the latest member of the Olympic group.
