JUST IN: Joseph Schooling fails to make 100m butterfly semis at FINA World Championships FINAGwangju2019
GWANGJU: Olympic champion Joseph Schooling crashed out in the heats of the 100m butterfly event at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea on Friday , clocking a time of 52.93 to finish 24th overall.
Schooling finished eighth in his heat, which was won by Hungary’s Kristof Milak who clocked a time of 51.42.The 100m butterfly is Schooling’s pet event - he won the gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics in a Games record of 50.39sec.United States’ Caeleb Dressel eclipsed this time with a 50.28 to finish first overall in the heats.
Schooling had also failed to qualify for the semi-final of the 50m butterfly event on Sunday, finishing seventh in his heat and 20th overall.
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