DOpel World Champion Florian Willbrook Won the bronze medal at the Olympics. In the 1500-meter freestyle competition held in Tokyo this Saturday, the gold medalist had to admit defeat. The 800-meter Olympic champion Robert Fink from the United States and the deputy world champion Mikhailo Romanshuk from Ukraine.
After winning the European Championship in 2018 and succeeding in Europe Swimming World Cup Two years ago, the 23-year-old Magdeburg missed the Olympic gold medal, but Wilbrock was still satisfied.
A pair, each with a bronze medal
“It took so long for German swimmers to win Olympic medals. It is not unreasonable. Now we have two,” Wellbrock told two people on ZDF bronze medal From him and his fiancee Sarah Köhler, who cheered in the stands.
Willbrook attacked after 14 points and 40.91 points, which was about 4 seconds higher than his world best result this year. Winner Fink swam out at 14:39.65 and performed best in the Japanese final in the morning.
Rare medal success
Before Wilbrook, swimmer Steve Selock was the last German man to win a bronze medal in the swimming pool individual event over 100 meters in 2000.He is waiting for gentlemen German Swimming Association Won the gold medal since Michael Groß 33 years ago. At that time, Uwe Daßler also won the gold medal for East Germany.
Wellbrock finished fourth in the 800m freestyle, despite his good performance. He is now third in his parade route.
In the 2019 World Cup, he was eliminated from the preliminaries more than 800 meters and achieved better results. In the World Cup, Will Bullock was the first to win in a swimming pool and more than ten kilometers of open water.
Another opportunity for Wellbrock
In Tokyo, he will be able to fish for gold more than ten kilometers in the sea next week. “It’s impossible to celebrate. I must be born again ten kilometers now. This is tiring enough,” Wellbrock said.
After Köhler won the bronze medal in the 1500m freestyle, her fiancé Wellbrock ended in a charming way in the swimming pool at the same distance. Unlike in 2012 and 2016, the German Swimming Association was able to rejoice for the Olympic honor, but the Tokyo Aquatic Center also had many disappointments. But this was not a problem in Wellbrock’s bronze medal cheer at first.
Wellbrock & Co. chose top sprinters before the longest distance appeared. In the men’s category, the current six-time Olympic champion Calleb Dreiser from the United States won the 50-meter freestyle championship with an Olympic record time of 21.07 seconds. In the women’s category, 100m Olympic champion Emma McKeon from Australia also won the championship with an Olympic best time of 23.81 seconds.
