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Swimming: Poland’s Masiuk wins backstroke silver in Belgrade

21.06.2024 20:15
Poland’s Ksawery Masiuk has taken the silver in the men’s 50 metres backstroke at the European swimming championships in Belgrade.
Polands Ksawery Masiuk (left) celebrates winning silver in the mens 50 metres backstroke at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, alongside Greeces European champion Apostolos Christou and third-placed Greek swimmer Evangelos Makrygiannis, June 21, 2024.
Poland’s Ksawery Masiuk (left) celebrates winning silver in the men’s 50 metres backstroke at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, alongside Greece’s European champion Apostolos Christou and third-placed Greek swimmer Evangelos Makrygiannis, June 21, 2024.Photo: EPA/ANTONIO BAT

Greece’s Apostolos Christou won the event on Friday, with a time of 24.39 seconds, while his countryman Evangelos Makrygiannis finished third with 24.74.

Poland’s Masiuk touched in at 24.63.

Ksawery Masiuk poses with his silver medal in Belgrade on Friday. Ksawery Masiuk poses with his silver medal in Belgrade on Friday. Photo: EPA/ANTONIO BAT 

His second-place finish marked the eighth medal for Poland at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships, which began in the Serbian capital on June 10 and run until Sunday, June 23.

Poland's haul at the continental championships includes two medals from diving events: Andrzej Rzeszutek's gold in the men's 1-metre springboard, and Aleksandra Błażowska's silver in the women's 1-metre springboard.

Andrzej Rzeszutek celebrates on the podium. Andrzej Rzeszutek celebrating winning the gold in the men's 1-metre springboard at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade on Thursday, June 20, 2024. Photo: EPA/ANDREJ CUKIC

In swimming events, Poland's Jakub Majerski took the bronze in the men's 100m butterfly, Adela Piskorska added another in the women's 50m backstroke, and Jan Kałusowski finished third in the men's 200m breaststroke.

Two more bronzes for Poland came from the women's 4x100m freestyle relay team of Kornelia Fiedkiewicz, Zuzanna Famulok, Wiktoria Guść and Aleksandra Polańska, and the men's 4x100m freestyle relay team of Mateusz Chowaniec, Dominik Dudys, Ksawery Masiuk and Kamil Sieradzki.

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Source: IAR, PAP