Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen got his World
Championships underway by breaking the 800m Freestyle Irish Record and is the
fifth fastest qualifier into the Final at the FINA World Championships in
Budapest, Hungary.
Swimming in heat three of four,
Wiffen clocked 7:46.32, knocking over four seconds off the previous record of
7:50.74, that he had set in April. The 20-year-old finished in fourth place in
the heat, behind Tokyo 2020 Bronze medallist Mykhyalo Romanchuk (Ukraine)
7:44.75, Tokyo 2020 10K Open Water Champion and 1500m Bronze medallist Florian
Wellbrock (Germany) 7:44.80 and was just .24 of a second behind third placed
Olympic, World and European medallist Gabriele Detti of Italy in 7:46.08.
Wiffen, who swims at Loughborough
University, had a nervous ten-minute wait to see if he had made the final, but
only one swimmer, Tokyo 2020 800m Freestyle Silver medallist Gregorio
Paltrineiri, was faster in 7:46.24, qualifying him in fifth place overall.
Wiffen finished ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion in the heats, USA
swimmer Bobby Finke, who was sixth in 7:46.36.
The 800m Freestyle Final will take
place on Tuesday 21st June at 5.02pm.
Results:
Men 800m Freestyle Heats Daniel
Wiffen 7:46.32 (5th)
Schedule
Men 800m Freestyle Final Daniel
Wiffen 5.02pm
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