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Matthew HUTCHINS Qualified for the Final of 400m Free 3:49.93
7th in the Final 3:53.00
George SCHRODER Qualified for the Semi-Finals of Mens 200m Breaststroke 2:15.16
14th in Semi-Finals 2:14.42
Carina DOYLE 16th = in Heats of Womens 200m Freestyle 2:02.00 - Now Placed 17th after Swim-off
MoreThe New Zealand swim team completed their campaign at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest.
Waikato’s Bradlee Ashby (Fairfield club) was close to his personal best in the gruelling 400m individual medley, timed at 4:20.54 to be 23 fastest in the heats.
He would have needed to be nearly three seconds under the national record to make the final, in what is his back-up event.
Fractions proved the difference for two New Zealand swimmers chasing semifinals on the penultimate day of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest.
Backstroke junior world champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili, 17, in her first elite world championships, clocked 25.38s to be 24th fastest from 87 starters in heats of the 50m freestyle. The talented United club swimmer from Auckland has swum 0.3s fastest which would have been enough to climb inside the top 16 for the semifinals.