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The Energy Standard, Roar of London, Frog Kings of Tokyo and Breakers of New York were the first to compete this Saturday for the final, which begins on November 21.
Three Lithuanians, Danas Rapšys, Simonas Bilis and Andrius Šidlauskas, also helped the Energy Standard team to successfully reach the semi-finals. In the MVP of the season, D. Rapšys shares the 59th place (89.0 points), S. Bilis – the 183rd place (32.50 points) and A. Šidlauskas – the 286th place (4.0 points).
So far, American Caeleb Dressel has scored the most points (277.0) in four ISL games.
Defending the champion title in the Energy Standard semifinal, he finally caught up with Roar’s swimmers in London, who were second last season.
On the first day of the competition, S. Bilis and A. Šidlauskas were not registered in the start protocols, and D. Rapšys appeared in the men’s 400m freestyle competition. The Lithuanian led half the distance, but in the second half was met with resistance from last year’s European vice-champion (200m match style) Britain’s Tom Dean.
Roar’s swimmer went 50 meters ahead and held the lead until the end.
T. Dean logged 3 min. 37.87 seconds result. D. Rapšys landed on him for 0.21 seconds. and scored 7 points for his team. Breakers’ Australian Brendon Smith was third (3 min. 40.20 sec.).
Tom Dean WHAT TO SWIM 🔥🔥🔥
The young Briton gives Danas Rapsys his first loss of the season with an impressive victory in the 400 meter freestyle.
No one saw it coming. How talented this 20-year-old is. pic.twitter.com/rUyI1iZwqC
– ✌️🏊🏻♂️ 🇬🇧✌️ (@NickHopeTV) November 14, 2020
First day credit:
Energy standard – 291 points.
London Roar – 270 points
Tokyo Frog Kings – 208 points
New York Breakers – 114 points
In the upcoming semifinal (Nov. 15-16), San Francisco’s Cali Condors, Los Angeles Current, Budapest’s Iron and Toronto Titans will score four of the same possible wins this season. It will not be easy for the Hierro team led by Katinka Hosszu to enter the final, which came in fifth place last year.
We remind you that this year’s season takes place at the Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, where more than 300 of the world’s best swimmers from fifty countries compete for just over 6 million. Prize pool in USD.
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