2023 WORLD JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- September 4 – 9, 2023
- Netanya, Israel
- Wingate Institute
- LCM (50m)
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- Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Live Recap| Day 2 Finals Live Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Live Recap | Day 3 Finals Live Recap
Through day three of the 2023 World Junior Swimming Championships we’ve seen two World Junior Records and several Championships Records bite the dust in Netanya, Israel. Sprinkled within these standout performances, however, are some hidden gems worth calling out to ensure they share in a small part of the spotlight.
Here are a trio of swims you may have missed this evening.
Javier Nunez (DOM)
16-year-old Javier Nunez held his own against the likes of Aussie powerhouse Flynn Southam in the semi-finals of the boys’ 50m freestyle.
Nunez of the Dominican Republic fired off a time of 22.59 to claim the 5th seed heading into tomorrow night’s medal-contending race. In doing so, the teen became just the 2nd man ever from his nation to dip under the 23-second barrier in the event.
Jacinto De Deus Ayala still owns the national record of 22.31 from 2009; however, Nunez is now within .28 of that marker with the final yet to come. Already he’s blasted through the time of 24.28 he logged at the 2022 edition of these World Junior Championships.
Sieun Park (KOR)
South Korea saw 16-year-old Sieun Park snag a spot in the girls’ 100m breaststroke final.
Competing in the semi’s this evening, the teen punched a time of 1:08.43 to rank 8th. That checked in as a shiny new best, overtaking Park’s previous career-swiftest time of 1:09.32 from March of this year.
Park jumps up the list of all-time quickest Korean performers, now ranking 3rd overall. Her time scorches the 1:10.33 she put up in Lima, Peru last year to finish 4th in this contest.
Ulises Saravia (ARG)
On the heels of notching a new Argentine national record in the 100m backstroke, Ulises Saravia produced a new standard in the 50m back.
En route to capturing the 2nd seed in a semi-final time of 24.95, 17-year-old Saravia clinched a new lifetime best, overtaking Federico Grabich’s former mark of 25.16 from 2013.
With his result, Saravia becomes the first-ever male swimmer from his nation to dip under the 25-second barrier in the 50m and the 54-second barrier in the 100m backstroke.
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