Katerine Savard was back in the pool in Budapest on Thursday, Hungary, to compete in the 50m butterfly at the FINA World Championships. Even if she couldn’t reach the final of the event, the Quebecer nevertheless ended the day with the feeling of accomplishment.
Posted at 5:07 p.m.
In qualifying, Savard clocked 26.47s, which gave him 15e rank of the general classification of the session. She thus obtained her ticket for the semi-finals, where the 16 best swimmers met a few hours later.
This time, the swimmer from Pont-Rouge was unable to advance to the next round, finishing in the seventh rung (+1.01s) of her wave. Savard thus took the 13e rank in the final classification of the event with his time 26.14 s.
“It was my best 50m butterfly since 2017! The 50m is not my best event, but it was fun”, mentioned the three-time Olympian at the end of the day.
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom (25.13 s) finished first in the semi-finals, just ahead of American Torri Huske (+0.25 seconds), who set an Americas record in the process. The final will be played on Friday.
For his part, Patrick Hussey made his debut at the World Championships in the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay. Along with his compatriots Ruslav Gaziev, Finlay Knox and Jeremy Bagshaw, Hussey took the 11e qualifying rank and couldn’t get a pass to the final stage
Americans Drew Kibler, Carson Foster, Trenton Julian and Kieran Smith won the gold medal in the event ahead of the Australians (+3.26s) and the British (+3.76s) in the disputed final one little later.
Artistic swimming: another final for the Canadians
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Canada’s synchronized swimmers had competed in three events at the FINA World Championships so far this week, reaching the final each time.
On Thursday, the streak continued as the Maple Leaf representatives finished seventh (85.1000) in the acrobatic routine qualifications to secure a spot in Saturday’s final.
Injured a few hours before the final of the technical team event on Tuesday, Rosalie Boissonneault was at her post this time to contribute to the success of her team. She was accompanied in the pool by Sydney Carroll, Scarlett Finn, Laurianne Imbeau, Raphaëlle Plante, Kenzie Priddell, Kiara Quieti, Claire Scheffel, Kiana Aiko Sweet and Maude Turcotte.
The Ukrainians finished the day in first place thanks to their collection of 94.2333 points and will swim in the final as the favorites.