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Ponti Puts Up 1:54.59 200 Fly, Bollin Qualifies For Paris In 100 Back At Swiss Championships

2024 SWISS CHAMPIONSHIPS

On the heels of his masterful 100m butterfly performance from yesterday and national record-setting 50m fly on day 1Noe Ponti busted out a big swim in the 200m fly to complete his treble.

Racing on the final day of the 2024 Swiss Championships, 22-year-old Ponti punched a time of 1:54.59 to handily defeat the field. He notched the sole result of the final under the 2:00 barrier, posting the 3rd-fastest time of his young career in the process.

Ponti also easily dipped under the World Aquatics Olympic Qualification Time of 1:55.78 needed for Paris, although he already clocked 1:55.39 at last year’s Sette Colli Trophy to earn a bid.

Noe Ponti‘s Top 5 LCM 100 Fly Performances

  1. 1:54.20 – 2022 World Championships
  2. 1:54.29 – 2022 World Championships
  3. 1:54.59 – 2024 Swiss Championships
  4. 1:54.75 – 2022 World Championships
  5. 1:55.05 – 2020 Olympic Games

Ponti split 25.14/29.13/29.83/30.49 to earn the 1:54.59 and rank 4th in the world on the season.

2023-2024 LCM Men 200 Fly

LeonFRA
MARCHAND
07/31
1:51.21
2Kristof
MILAK
HUN1:51.7507/31
3 Ilya
KHARUN
CAN1:52.8007/31
4Tomoru
HONDA
JPN1:53.1509/29
5Krzysztof
CHMIELEWSKI
POL1:53.9007/31
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Also making noise on the final day of the competition was 24-year-old Thierry Bollin.

Bollin busted out the swim of his life in the men’s 100m backstroke to capture Olympic qualification.

He wasted no time getting after it, producing a swift morning swim of 53.67 in the heats to land lane 4 ahead of national record holder Roman Mityukov (55.56).

Bolin’s AM result smashed his previous personal best of 53.92 from last month at the Luxembourg Euro Meet. Splitting 25.42/28.25, Bollin’s result this evening represented just his 2nd-ever outing under the 54-second barrier.

More importantly, his newly-minted PB cleared the World Aquatics Olympic Qualification Time of 53.74 needed to earn an Olympic bid.

Come the final, Mityukov wound up on top in 53.58 while Bollin fell to 4th in 57.38. Regardless, Bollin accomplished his mission of qualifying for Paris 2024.

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Swammer
7 months ago

Great swim for Bollin. I guess the air got out of the balloon after Qualifying for Paris during the heats

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7 months ago

Seeing Bolin’s result, I guess that many Brit swimmers wish they were Swiss just for this week.

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