FLASH! Noe Ponti Sets European short-course 100 Fly Record Of 48.47
Olympic bronze medallist Noe Ponti set a European short-course 100 fly record of 48.47 as he won the continental title in Otopeni, Romania.
The Swiss swimmer went ahead at the 50m mark and a final 25 of 13.03 saw him take 0.01 off Evgeny Korotyshkin’s previous standard of 48.48 from November 2009 as the supersuit era entered its final weeks.
Ponti had served notice in the semis with a championship record of 48.61.
Maxime Grousset – the world long-course champion – was second in 49.00 with Britain’s Jacob Peters third in 49.98.
more to follow…….
