2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
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MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – HEATS
- World Record: 2:05.48 – Qin Haiyang, CHN (2023)
- World Junior Record: 2:07.94 – Dong Zhihao, CHN (2024)
- Olympic Record: 2:06.38 – Zac Stubblety-Cook, AUS (2021)
- 2021 Winning Time: 2:06.38 – Zac Stubblety-Cook, AUS
- 2021 Time to Advance to Semis: 2:09.95
- Cho Sung Jae (KOR) – 2:09.45
- Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS) – 2:09.49
- Leon Marchand (FRA) – 2:09.55
- Caspar Corbeau (NED) – 2:09.78
- Ippei Watanabe (JPN) – 2:09.86
- Dong Zhihao (CHN) – 2:09.91
- Yu Hanaguruma (JPN)/Erik Persson (SWE) – 2:10.35 (TIE)
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- Anton McKee (Iceland) – 2:10.36
- Josh Matheny (USA) – 2:10.39
- Matt Fallon (USA) – 2:10.49
- Arno Kamminga (NED) – 2:10.53
- Lyubomir Epitropov (BUL) – 2:10.59
- Joshua Yong (AUS) – 2:10.68
- Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 2:10.98
- Denis Petrashov (KGZ) – 2:10.99
Defending silver medalist in the men’s 200 breaststroke Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands has scratched the event tonight due to injury, Kamminga announced via Instagram Tuesday afternoon. He swam the 10th fastest time of the morning with a 2:10.53.
Kamminga originally appeared on the heat sheets until updated ones were released at 8:05, only 25 minutes before finals were set to begin. Mexico’s Miguel Alejandro de Lara Ojeda will now swim out of lane seven in the 1st semifinal tonight, the same lane that Kamminga would have competed in tonight due to the late scratch.
The 200 breast was Kamminga’s last individual event but the Netherlands are set to have a relay team in the men’s 4×100 medley relay that will have prelims on Saturday, August 3rd before finals on Sunday, August 4th. Notably, Caspar Corbeau also made the final of the men’s 100 breast as he finished 8th but swam a 59.04 best time in prelims of the event.
Kamminga competed in the men’s 100 breaststroke two nights ago, finishing 6th in a time of a 59.32. He won silver in the 100 breast in Tokyo in a 58.00.
Kamminga also scratched semifinals of the men’s 200 breaststroke at the 2022 World Championships. He was 10th in prelims there as well but scratched due to illness.
I think Arno’s ego wasn’t able to handle not making the final of the 200. To save face he scratched the race instead. His “illnesses” and “injuries” over the past few years have been nothing of the sort. All just façades for lack of performance in training and races. Every time he has a slightly bad race, instead of admitting that he’s no longer what he was, he creates a new excuse as to why it happened. He should just retire already. He’s been swimming 2:10s or slower all season. This wasn’t a “back injury”, unless it was caused by carrying his massive ego. This was a cheap way to get out of embarrassment.
Yikes, I hope these athletes never check the comment section. You are a petty human
Rough last few years after looking like a real threat to Peaty. Wish him a couple injury free years before retirement.
Yep, has had a scarily similar story to Adam since Tokyo. Burnout and injury.
Wish him well. Wonder if he will be swimming on post Paris or handing over the torch to Casper.
Mexico in a semifinal! Don’t see that very often
Noooooooo Kamminga is pure class and very sexy