Kazakhstan’s Balandin propels into FINA World Championships semis
09:18, 25 July 2019
GWANGJU. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstan’s Olympic champion Dmitry Balandin reached the semifinals of the men’s 200m breaststroke at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Kazinform has learnt from Olympic.kz.
Balandin clocked2:09.27 to finish in the 11th place in the heats, moving on to thesemis with another top 16 swimmers.
Finishing thedistance in 2:07.29, Aussie Matthew Wilson finished first, followed bydefending champion Anton Chupkov from Russia.
Recall thatDmitry Balandin scooped gold in 200m breaststroke at the 2016 Rio Olympics inBrazil.