2024 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lithuanian sprinter Tajus Juska captured the bronze medal within the 50-meter freestyle on the 2024 European Championships, clocking a lifetime finest of twenty-two.34 that seems to make him the quickest 15-year-old ever within the occasion.
Juska got here into the meet with a personal-best 22.84 from February earlier than decreasing that mark to 22.58 in Thursday’s semifinals. His new lifetime finest ranks him as one of many quickest 15-16 boys in historical past at simply 15 years outdated, only a hundredth of a second away from world junior document holder Michael Andrew‘s U.S. boys 15-16 nationwide age group (NAG) commonplace from 2016. Juska can be sooner than reigning Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel was at his age (22.39 in 2013).
Quickest 15-16 100 Freestylers Ever
- David Popovici (ROU) – 22.22, 2021
- Michael Andrew (USA) / Kyle Chalmers (AUS) – 22.33, 2016/2015
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- Tajus Juska (LTU) – 22.34, 2024
- Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 22.39, 2013
Juska now appears to be greater than two-tenths faster than the next-fastest 15-year-old of all time, European junior document holder Artem Selin of Germany. It’s powerful to trace all worldwide age information, so tell us if we missed any swims within the feedback.
Quickest 15-Yr-Previous 100 Freestylers Ever
- Tajus Juska (LTU) – 22.34, 2024
- Artem Selin (GER) – 22.60, 2018
- Vladyslav Bukhov (UKR) – 22.75, 2018
- Federico Burdisso (ITA) – 22.79, 2018
- Michael Andrew (USA) – 22.82, 2014
Juska is already closing in on the general Lithuanian document of 21.70 set by Simonas Bilis in 2018.
BOYS 50 FREESTYLE – FINAL
- World Junior File: 21.75, Michael Andrew (2017)
- European Junior File: 21.83, Artem Selin (2019)
- European File: 20.94, Frederick Bousquet (2009)
- Championship File: 21.83, Artem Selin (2019)
- 2022 European Junior Champion: Lorenzo Ballarati (Italy) – 22.56
PODIUM:
Italy’s Lorenzo Ballarati claimed the boys 50 free crown in 22.20, dropping .18 seconds off his previous-best 22.37 from Thursday’s semifinals. Earlier than this meet, his finest time stood at 22.38 from final yr’s World Junior Championships, the place he finally received bronze.
Spain’s Luca Hoek le Guenedal eked previous Juska by the slimmest of margins in a decent battle for the silver medal. Hoek le Guenedal dropped just a few tenths off his previous-best 22.63 from final month whereas Juska lowered his previous-best 22.58 from Thursday’s semifinals.
