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Noe Ponti Matches 1:54.14 Swiss Record From Olympic 200 Fly Semi

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

Day five of the 2024 Olympic Games saw perhaps the most electrifying race thus far as Hungarian world record holder Kristof Milak tried to hold on down the stretch against a fighting Frenchman Leon Marchand in the men’s 200m fly.

When all was said and done, Marchand crushed an other-worldly last 50m of 29.8 to get to the wall first in 1:51.21 while Milak settled for silver in a still-outstanding time of 1:51.72. Canadian Ilya Kharun also landed on the podium in 1:52.80 for bronze.

Further down the line, however, was Noe Ponti of Switzerland who logged a new national record en route to capturing 5th place.

Ponti’s path saw the 23-year-old one-time NC State commit earn the 3rd seed out of the heats in 1:54.77 followed by a time of 1:54.14 for the 4th seed in last night’s semi-finals. That latter effort checked in as a new Swiss standard with Ponti tying it once again this evening as he roared to the wall in the final.

Ponti’s 1:54.14 Final Ponti’s 1:54.14 Semi-final Ponti’s Previous 1:54.20
25.23 25.25 25.29
29.03 29,17 29.08
29.55 29.67 30.09
30.33 29.95 29.74

Ponti took bronze in the 100m fly 3 years ago at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and will race in that event again here in Paris.

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Lpman
3 months ago

Impressive that he did that in such a slow pool. Had he performed the same way in a mediocre pool, he would have broken 1:50 for sure!

Masters swammer
3 months ago

That’s an unfortunate choice of photo

Luis
3 months ago

One could not think of a more noble photo op.

Paella747
Reply to  Luis
3 months ago

Adjustment.

Last edited 3 months ago by Paella747

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