Mitsin Finishes 7th in 400m Final
Bulgarian swimmer Petar Mitsin finished seventh in the men’s 400m freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday, CE Report quotes BTA
The 19-year-old clocked 3:45.28 minutes, slightly slower than his earlier heat time. He started strong and was third midway through the race but lost pace in the final stretch.
Germany’s Lukas Maertens won gold (3:42.35), followed by Australia’s Samuel Short (3:42.37) and South Korea’s Woomin Kim (3:42.60).
Mitsin is only the fifth Bulgarian to reach a men’s individual final in a long-course world championship. His result is the second-best in Bulgarian history after Denislav Kalchev’s sixth place in 1994.
