France’s Maxime Grosset won the 100m freestyle semifinal on Tuesday, qualifying for the final of the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, where Olympic champion Caleb Dressel will be absent. In 47 seconds with 54 seconds, Grosset defeated Hungary’s Nandor Nemet (47.96) and Serbia’s Andrej Barna (47.97), setting a better time than the one who had declared himself French space champion in April (48.03).
Grosset dominated the first semifinal from start to finish, but will have a lot to do in the final against Romania’s David Popovici, who swam 47.13 faster in the second semifinal. On the other hand, he will benefit from the exit of the current two-time world champion Caleb Dresel, who left just before the semifinals.medical reasons«. «The final will be difficult“He accepted the New Caledonian. «He misses Caleb, it’s good for me, but it’s going to be hard.»
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Referring to Popovic, the new 17-year-old swimming pool wonder, Gruset admitted that he “very strong«. «At 200 he was able to impose, at 100 he is significant for the moment. We’ll see (Wednesday) if he can do the same, but nothing is decided.»
Source: Le Figaro
