Felix swims a personal best at Paris meet
Felix swims a personal best at Paris meet
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian swimmers sharpen their personal best
times in two World Cup Short Course meets in Berlin and Paris as
a warm up prior to the Asian Swimming Championships in Pusan,
South Korea, and the Olympic Games in Sydney.
The Indonesian Swimming Association (PRSI), official in charge
of athletes development, Patuan P. Simatupang said in a release
on Monday that Felix Christiadi Sutanto managed to finish second
in the 50m backstroke in final of the Paris meet on Sunday,
clocking 25.60 seconds.
"Felix improved his personal best of 26.28 seconds, recorded
in the same event in Berlin on Feb. 6, where he finished in the
top nine," he said.
Felix was only 0.35 seconds away from Croatian swimmer
Tomislav Karlo who won Sunday's event with a record of 25.26
sec. Tom Eilert Karlsen of Norway was third with 25.63 sec.
"It was Felix's top achievement in the world event. He also
excelled over other Indonesian swimmers," Patuan said.
Patuan listed other swimmers' achievements as follows: Richard
Sam Bera (100m freestyle; 50.30 sec in Berlin, 50.66 in Paris),
Albert C. Sutanto (200m butterfly; 2:04.08 in Berlin, 2:00.79 in
Paris and 50m butterfly; 25.61 in Berlin, 25:30 in Paris), M.
Akbar Nasution (200m individual medley; 2:13.11 in Berlin,
2:12.61 in Paris), Wisnu Wardhana (50m freestyle; 26.14 in Berlin
and 24.04 in Paris).
In the women's side: Elsa Manora Nasution (100m butterfly;
1:06.48 in Berlin and 1:06.56 in Paris and 50m freestyle; 27.91
in Berlin and 27.53 in Paris) and Siripiya Sutanto (200m
freestyle: 2:10.19 in Berlin and 2:12.19 in Paris).
"National swimmers have sharpened their best times in FINA's
swimming World Cup events in Hong Kong, Berlin and Paris before
competing in the Asian Swimming Championships in Pusan in March
followed by the Olympics in September," he said.
The swimmers, and women's diver Shenny Ratna Amalia, are
currently groomed for the Olympic Games. Only Siripiya has not
qualified for the Olympics and she has one more chance in Pusan's
championship from March 29 to April 2. (ivy)