Preliminary heat 800 m crawl
Victory! Felix Auböck has reason to celebrate again
Felix Auböck has reason to celebrate again! The European swimming champion achieved a time of 7:48.49 minutes in his preliminary heat of the 800 m crawl and won his group. Although he missed his Austrian record from April 2022 by 3.17 seconds, he performed better than on Saturday in the 400 m crawl, when he finished 24th. The Lower Austrian had to withdraw from the 200 m crawl on Sunday due to illness.
"Emotionally, I'm very happy that I swam this race, because it wasn't that bad," said Auböck. "The fact that I was able to swim in this pool again in this atmosphere was something special. The race started quite well, but I noticed in the second half - when I wanted to swim a bit faster - that I was still struggling. Otherwise my best time would have been inside if I had been fully fit. But I was very happy with the first half of the race. The fact that I won the race was something special."
Missed the final
After a temporary rise in temperature, Auböck had trained again on Sunday evening and decided to compete in the 800m. He swam in the first of four preliminary heats and despite winning his heat, advancing to the final of the top eight scheduled for Tuesday evening was not an issue.
The ÖOC athlete still has the 10 km open water race in the Seine scheduled for August 9th on his program. However, it is not entirely certain whether he will start in this race. "But I'm also glad that I swam the 800 meters, because that was the prerequisite for participating in the open water competition." However, he has to look after his body. "Fortunately, the race isn't until August 9, so I still have some time."
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