The second round of the Mare Nostrum international competition ends in Barcelona (Spain). On Thursday, a woman from Kaunas won the silver medal in the A final of the women's 50 m breaststroke Ruta Meilutytė.
The 26-year-old Lithuanian, who finished in 30,40 seconds, was overtaken in the final swim only by the representative of the Republic of South Africa, Lara Van Niekerk (30,21 seconds). In a tough fight, he won bronze by just 0,02 seconds. Briton Imogen Clark (30,42 seconds) ran slower than the Lithuanian athlete.
The swimmer from our country entered the final with the third result (31,08 seconds).
R. Meilutyte still holds the Mare Nostrum competition record for this event (29,88 seconds). Most likely, during her career, the Kaunas woman swam last year at the European Championship in Rome, when she recorded 29,44 seconds. the result.
Let us remind you that yesterday Lithuania fulfilled the Olympic norm in women's 100 m breaststroke event.
Andrius Šidlauskas - bronze
He won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m breaststroke event Andrius Šidlauskas.
The 26-year-old man from Panevėžys covered the distance in 1 minute. 1,30 sec. and was inferior only to Polish Jan Kalusowski (1.01,01 min) and Italian Nicolo Martinenghi (59,98 sec), the only one who covered the distance in less than a minute.
Among all 55 selection participants, the result recorded in the Lithuanian morning was the best - 1.01,07 min.
The personal record of A. Šidlauskas in this event is 59,12 seconds, and the Olympic standard is 59,49 seconds.
Author: Lithuanian Swimming Federation
