Sunday, during the last day of the World Short Course Championships, the Blues did not increase their medal count. The French team leaves Melbourne with five charms.
Sunday, during the last day of the Short Course World Championships, the Blues did not increase their medal count but the Melbourne swimming pool saw some records fall. From the start, the Canadian Margaret MacNeil hit hard by beating the world record for the 100m butterfly in 54”05 then his eldest South African Chad Le Clos signed his comeback by performing the 100 – 200 m butterfly double by winning in 48”59.
At the end of the session, the 4x100m medley relay set fire with two world records. First that of the Americans in 3’44”55. In this race, the French (Pauline Mahieu, Charlotte Bonnet, Béryl Gastaldello and May-Ambre Moluh) distinguished themselves by beating the French record for the second time today in 3’50”28, synonymous with 6th place. Then Kyle Chalmers blasted the decibels. Third in his last stint, the Australian went for the Americans with a 100m in 44”63 and allowed his team to take 1st place tied with the USA and set a world record in 3′ 18”98.
Ndoye-Brouard at the foot of the podiumIn the 200m backstroke final, won by Ryan Murphy (1’47”41), Yohann Ndoye-Brouard did not go far from the podium. The long-course European champion finished 4th with the French record in 1’49”23 and his compatriot Mewen Tomac is 6th in 1’50”33. Over this distance, Pauline Mahieu took 7th place in 2’03”21 of a 200m backstroke, largely dominated by the Australian double Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown (1’59”26).
read also: The results of the last day of the Worlds (pb)
Gold medalist in the mixed relay and silver in the 100m, Maxime Grousset tried his luck in the 200m, won by the Korean Hwang (1’39”72) ahead of the Romanian Popovici and the Briton Dean. The New Caledonian finished on a high note with a new personal best (6th in 1’41”56). The French team leaves Melbourne with five medals (1 in gold with the 4x50m mixed relay, 3 in silver with Damien Joly in the 1500m, Maxime Grousset in the 100m, Béryl Gastaldello in the 100m medley and 1 in bronze with Logan Fountain on 800 m).