Daniel Wippen wins the men's 800m freestyle... Ireland's first ever gold medal in swimming

Heo Hei wins the women's 200m freestyle and presents Hong Kong with her first gold medal.

Daniel Wiffen (22) won the first medal in Irish swimming history at the World Championships, colored in gold.

Wippen was the first to touch the pad with a time of 7 minutes 40.94 seconds in the men's 800m freestyle final at the 2024 International Aquatics Federation World Championships held at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar on the 15th (Korean time). https://www.casinositeking.com

Wippen, who failed to stand on the podium in fourth place despite setting a new European record of 7 minutes 39.19 seconds at last year's Fukuoka Games, won the title of 'champion' in Doha.

Elijah Winnington (23, Australia), who took second place in the 400m freestyle after Kim Woo-min (22, Gangwon Provincial Office), won her second personal silver medal in this competition with a time of 7 minutes 42.95 seconds.

Gregorio Paltrinieri (29, Italy), who combines open water swimming and management, took third place with 7 minutes 42.98 seconds, 0.03 seconds behind Winnington.

Paltrinieri won his second bronze medal in the competition, following the 6km open water swimming mixed team event.

Ahmed Hafnaoui (21, Tunisia), the 2023 Fukuoka Games champion, was eliminated in 18th place (7 minutes 51.72 seconds) in the preliminaries.

Second place Samuel Short (20, Australia) and third place Robert Fink (24, USA) did not participate.

Last year, in a situation where none of the first to third place players advanced to the finals, Wippen dominated and won the gold medal.

In an interview with Reuters, Wiffen said, "My goal for this tournament was to give Ireland its first World Championships medal," and added, "I am even happier that Ireland's first medal is a gold medal." https://anotepad.com/notes/gfkhsng6

Siobhan Hehei (26) also presented Hong Kong with its first gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships.

Hei Hei won the women's 200m freestyle final with a time of 1 minute 54.89 seconds.

Erica Fairweather (20) finished the race in 1 minute 55.77 seconds, and Brianna Trossel (28, Australia) finished the race in 1 minute 56.00 seconds, taking second and third places.

Last year in Fukuoka, Heo Hei ranked 4th in this event, behind Molly O'Callaghan (19), Ariane Titmus (23, Australia), and Summer McIntosh (17, Canada).

Taking advantage of the absence of all three medalists from the previous competition, He Hei took home her gold medal.

"She has become Hong Kong's first World Aquatics Championships gold medalist.

She wants to win more medals for Hong Kong, she said."

In the men's 200m butterfly, in which the 'strongest' Leon Marchand (21, France) did not participate, Tomoru Honda (22, Japan) took first place with a time of 1 minute 53.88 seconds, beating Alberto Lacetti (24, Italy) with a time of 1 minute 54.65 seconds. took the top spot.

Honda, who took third place in this event in 2022 and 2023, finally won the gold medal at the World Championships.

Honda said, "I injured my left ankle while coming down the stairs on the 5th day of my trip to Doha.

In fact, it still hurts. I told myself, 'Let's hold on a little longer.'

I'm happy with such a good result." https://www.foodntours.com/blog/638478

Sam Williamson (26, Australia) won the men's 50m breaststroke, setting a new Oceania record of 26.32 seconds.

Adam Pitty (29, UK), who holds the world record in this event (25.95 seconds), ranked fourth with 26.77 seconds.

Nicolo Martinengi (24, Italy) took second place with 26.39 seconds, and Nick Pink (30, USA) took third place with 26.49 seconds.

In the 400m mixed medley relay, the United States won in 3 minutes 40.22 seconds, led by Hunter Armstrong in the backstroke, Pink in the breaststroke, Claire Cuzan in the butterfly, and Katie Douglas in the freestyle.

Australia came in second place with 3 minutes 43.12 seconds, and Great Britain came in third place with 3 minutes 45.09 seconds.

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Pub: 22 Feb 2024 02:34 UTC
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