The Termy Maltańskie competition, co-funded by the Ministry of Sports and Tourism and the city of Poznań, was the last chance to get a world championship pass. The results better than the times established by the Polish Swimming Association were obtained during the races on Sunday over the distance of 200 m backstroke.

The first qualification was won by Radosław Kawęcki of G-8 Bielany Warszawa. The current world champion of this competition achieved the result of 1:52.21 (minimum: 1:52.35) and overtook Filip Kosiński (1:54.84)​​and Tomasz Polewka (1:56.78) on the finishing line. ‘arrival.

A few moments later, Laura Bernat savored her success. The seventeen-year-old AZS UMCS Lublin representative completed the full distance at 2:05.18. Not only did she reach the minimum required (2:05.36), but she also bettered her lifetime record from last year’s European Championship. Country record holder Adela Piskorska (2:06.44) came second, and Zuzanna Herasimowicz (2:09.34) came third.

– Radek confirmed the class and showed experience, and Laura again showed her great potential. We are pleased with their success and look forward to the December debut in Australia. Melbourne is a happy city for us. When the long pool world championships were held there in 2007, we won four medals, two of which were gold. We cross our fingers that our team will also return to the country satisfied with their performance – said PZP President Otylia Jędrzejczak.

The competition in Poznań ended the qualification period for the world championships, including, among others, the Arena Grand Prix competition in Łódź and the World Cup series. Six people already fulfilled the required individual criteria: Katarzyna Wasick, Adela Piskorska, Ksawery Masiuk, Jakub Majerski, Kacper Stokowski and Karol Ostrowski.

During the weekend in Termy Maltańskie there were also other valuable results. For example, Paulina Peda, who won the general classification of the entire competition for women, was very close to securing a place in the team. The AZS AWF Katowice swimmer was the best in the 50 and 100m backstroke (26.84; 57.14) and the 50 and 100m butterfly (25.88; 57.33). She collected up to 2,585 points in total, ahead of Adela Piskorska (2nd in the 50, 100 and 200m backstroke) and Dominika Sztandera, who presented a very good form in the 50 and 100m breaststroke (30.21; 1:05.18 ) .

– Due to my illness, I didn’t know what to expect, so the results in Poznań were a huge surprise for me. I had some wonderful races, I had some life records – said Peda, who missed only 15 hundredths of a second to qualify for the world championships in the 100m backstroke. – Indeed, the weather deviated slightly from the minimum, but I was not broken. Probably because we stick to the plan the whole time and focus on competing in the long pool. After such an intense summer season, we decided with the coaches to try other training sessions until December. I have made tremendous progress. It’s incredibly rewarding and motivating,” she added.

Among the men, Krzysztof Chmielewski proved to be the best in total points. The Muszelki Warszawa player, born in 2005, scored 2605 points and was ahead of Kacper Majchrzak and Dawid Wiekiera. Chmielewski’s accomplishments include triumphs in the 400m freestyle (3:43.05), 200m butterfly (1:51.84) and 400m medley (4:09.05). In the race to the dolphins, he missed at least a hundredth of a second at the World Championships, while in the fight for substitutes he improved the Polish record for 18-year-olds, so far held by Mateusz Matczak.

Majchrzak was the best in the 100m freestyle, with a time of 46.84 – only 14 hundredths less than the minimum. In front of his home crowd, he also won the competition at twice the distance (1:44.86). Wiekiera, on the other hand, was the fastest classic 200m (2:06.30), and he missed the Polish record by 11 hundredths.

On the men’s side, Paweł Juraszek in the 50m freestyle (21.26; min 21.22) and Tomasz Polewka in the 50m backstroke (23.07; min 22.89) were also close to winning tickets to the world championships .

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