D.Rapšys, who revealed the team’s tactic: “I lost the feeling of water”

The prestigious ISL Swimming League season ended on Sunday in the Budapest bubble (Hungary). Only the top 4 teams of the season participated in the final stage: Energy Standard, Cali Condors, Los Angeles Current and London Roar.

In its last beginning Today Rapshys The 200 meter freestyle was battled in 1 min. 41.55 seconds and ranked 3rd. This is the lowest place occupied by D. Rapšis in this year’s ISL season. Two Lithuanian opponents demonstrated impressive speed. Duncanas Scottas (1: 40.25) achieved the best result of the season in the world. The previous end of the season was improved by the second runner-up Townley haasas (1: 40.49).

D.Rapšys dominated almost the entire ISL regular season, but in the semi-finals and finals he could no longer improve his results as his main rivals had just started to pick up their pace. After the last outing, the Lithuanian admitted that the grueling marathon of the competition had done its thing.

“6 ISL matches in a month and a half. 12 starts and races with world-class swimmers. He was tasked with “driving” all the stages for the team to get maximum points. Other teams followed a slightly different tactic. It took a tremendous effort. In the semifinals and finals, I felt it physically and morally. I lost my sense of water. It was my first marathon of this type in my entire sailing career. And it showed that I still have room for improvement. I’ll do that, but now I want to rest. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support, “wrote D. Rapšys.

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