Battles for the Olympic medal: Raps, who finished strong, reached the final

The final will take place on Tuesday at 4:43 pm Lithuanian time.

In the second swim of the semifinal, D. Rapšys competed on the second track. The Lithuanian was initially fifth, then dropped to sixth, but finished third in the final 50m.

Most likely, Britain’s Duncan Scott (1: 44.60) was in the semi-finals, followed by American Kieran Smith (1: 45.07). Another Briton Tom Dean (1: 45,34), Russian representative Martin Maliutin (1: 45,45), Korean Sunwoo Hwang (1: 45,53), Romanian David Popovici (1: 45,68) will also participate in the end. and the Brazilian Fernando Scheffer (1: 45.71).

Place	Swimmer	Country	Weather
1.	Duncanas Scottas	DJ Brittany	1: 44.60
2.	Kieran smith	JAV	1: 45.07
3.	Today Rapshys	Lithuania	1:45, 32
Four.	Thomas deanas	DJ Brittany	1: 45.34
5.	Martin Maliutin	Republic of China	1: 45.45
6.	Sunwoo hwangas	Korea	1: 45.53
7.	David popovici	Romania	1: 45.68
8.	Fernando Schefferis	Brazil	1: 45.71

D. Rapšis selected the start and semi-final in just 13 hours. In the 200m freestyle selection competition held on Sunday evening, the Panevėžys resident covered the distance in 1 minute. 45.84 seconds and reached the semifinals of the competition.

In the fifth qualifying round, the Lithuanian took second place, only surpassed by Australian Neill Thomas: he covered the distance in 1 minute. 45.81 sec. Among all the swimmers who participated in the selection, the Lithuanian result was ninth. 16 athletes reached the semifinals.

D. Rapšis record in this match – 1 min. 44.38 sec.

The world record for 200 meters freestyle belongs to the German Paul Biedermann (1: 42.00) and the Olympic record to the legendary American swimmer Michael Phelps (1: 42.96).