Bronze for Biedermann: That was the maximum – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

      

 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         

 
 
 
 
 
          Third! Paul Biedermann brings the next German medal at the World Swimming Championships
     

 
                                              

 
 
     
     
     
         
         
                                                             

Paul Biedermann won at the World Swimming Championships for the first time in four years a medal. About 200 meters freestyle he finished third behind the British World Champion James Guy and the Chinese Sun Yang. The 28-year-old from Halle / Saale struck on Tuesday in personal Jahresbestzeit of 1: 45.38 minutes in. It is Biedermanns third World Championship medal on his favorite track for the world title in 2009 and third place 2011th

                         
         
         
                                                             
                                 

Guy, the World Championships silver medalist over 400 meters, was in 1: 45.14 six hundredths of a second ahead of double Olympic champion Sun Yang. For the Chinese, the world champion over 400 meters freestyle, thus again failed the plan to become the first swimmer ever, all four freestyle title at distances between 200 and 1500 meters at a World Cup.

                         
         
         
                                                             

Biedermann could rely in Kazan on a very strong performance in the third and especially the fourth track in the 50-meter pool. The world champion from Rome 2009, located at the first turn in eighth place after the first half of the track in sixth place and was gone in fifth place on the last 50 meters. The pace had first South African Chad Le Clos and American Ryan Lochte set that fell back in the final sprint, however. Biedermann, however, came out strong in the last 30 meters and Guy and Sun Yang closer.

                         
         
         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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“That was the maximum,” Biedermann said then. “. It was fought very hard, was a great race, but I’m glad that it’s over” About champion Guy, who is 19 years old, he said: “It is almost ten years younger than me, a great talent , People like him are the future. “For the German Swimming Federation, it is the first medal at the Beck competitions in Kazan.

                         
         
         
         
             
                                                                      
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

     
     

 
     
 

     
 
     
 
     

 
         
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Proud as Paule: Biedermann with medal

 
             
 
             
 
                             
         
         
     

 

     

 

 
 

 
     
     
                 
                                 
                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                               
                 
                     
             
                                      Proud as Paule: Biedermann with medal
                     
     
     
 

 
                                 
                         
         
         
                                                             

“Everything hurts, but that was exactly within the possibilities. I think I can establish myself back in the world class, “said Biedermann and had one day with three more world records, of course, already Olympia in the head. “That gives me impetus and courage for next year.”

                         
         
         
                                                             

World Champion Guy said, “That’s nice. I did not think that I can beat Sun Yang, but the others have pushed me forward. “

                                 

 
  

 
 
 
                       

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Bronze for Biedermann

“That was the maximum”

In the World Swimming Championships in Kazan Paul Biedermann is after a strong final 200 meters freestyle third parties. About his favorite track, he wins the fifth medal for the German Swimming Federation.

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