With 2:02.16, he shatters the mark that Da Rocha had (2:03.32) and reaches the final with the third best time
Carmen Weiler, in competitionRFEN
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It is one of the Spanish names of these short course World Championships, which conclude this Sunday in Budapest. Carmen Weiler shone again in the 200 backstroke series, where she qualified for the final with a Spanish record.
Weiler sealed another great performance by smashing the record of 2:03.32 that Duane da Rocha had since the 2011 Szczecin European Championship. The Spanish swimmer won her series, with 2:02.16and thus qualified for the final with the third best mark of all the finalists. This is the second individual final that Weiler will compete in after finishing seventh in the 100 backstroke.
As for the rest of the Spaniards in the last morning session, another Spanish record stood out, the one achieved by the men’s 4×100 medley relay, which finished fifth in its series, insufficient to be in the final. So Ivan MartinezCarles Coll (new 200 breaststroke world champion), Mario Molla and Luis Domínguez They swam in 3:24.39 to improve the previous record of 3.26.48.
In addition, María Daza, Miguel Pérez-Godoy and Sergio de Celis were eliminated in the 200 free heats, while the women’s 4×100 medley preferred to give up the heats so that Carmen Weiler can compete in the final of the 200 backstroke in better conditions.
