A powerful finish was not enough: D. Rapšys did not reach the world champion



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On Saturday the first stage of the second season of the prestigious ISL Swimming League ended in the bubble of Budapest (Hungary).

In the men’s 200m freestyle competition, the Lithuanian ranked second Today Rapshys. He ran in the last few meters and quickly chased the Brazilian Fernando Schefferį, but the previously accumulated advantage was sufficient for Brazil. F. Scheffer finished in 1 min. 42.55 sec. and surpassed the Lithuanian (1: 43.15).

D. Rapeseed swimming:

22-year-old F. Scheffer in 2018 became world short pool champion in the 4x200m freestyle relay. He then set a world record with the Brazilian team to date. Last year, F. Scheffer won two gold medals at the Pan American Games in the 200m freestyle: both in the personal event and in the relay. 2018 did the same at the South American Games.

D.Rapšys in this match in a short group in 2018. won the World Cup silver. F. Scheffer didn’t start the personal game then.

The Lithuanian record of D.Rapšius in this match since 2017. reaches 1 min. 40.85 sec. Lithuania continues to have the best result of the new season in the world (1: 42.13), which it achieved in Vilnius.

On Saturday, D. Rapšys was still swimming in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay. In it, the Lithuanian team finished fifth (3: 19.44), and another Energy Standard team (3: 16.22) defeated with Simon Billy in its composition.

We remind you that on Friday D.Rapšys confidently won the 400m freestyle, when he led from start to finish.

The winners of the first stage were Cali Condors (567 points). They convincingly outperformed the Energy Standard (463), the Los Angeles Current (420) and the modest New York Breakers (266).

The second stage of ISL will take place from October 18 to 19. It is true that Energy Standard will not participate. The return of the “Lietuviškos” team will have to wait until November 1, when the sixth stage will begin.

The total prize pool for this season’s ISL Swimming League is $ 6.05 million. AMERICAN DOLLAR.

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