Daniel Wiffen of Ireland has qualified for the 25-meter freestyle 800-meter final of the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Lublin.
In qualifying for Saturday’s final, the Olympic 800-meter freestyle champion ran a time of 7:34.60, placing him fourth overall.
He finished in second place, trailing Zalan Sarkany from Hungary, who ran a 7:33.85.
Wiffen continued to win the 1500m freestyle title on Thursday after posting a late surge and bronze medalist performance on Tuesday.
The Magheralin man won his first gold medal since having surgery on his appendix in August by 1.55 seconds over Hungarian Sarkany.
Jack McMillan, a British individual who won gold in the 400-meter freestyle in Poland, was unable to reach the 100-meter freestyle semi-finals.
McMillan, a Belfast native and Olympic and world champion in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay, topped his heat with a time of 47.02, but he was 18th overall and is second reserve for Friday night’s semifinals.
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Source: BBC
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