Swimming: Dracou set a new national record - Reached the limit for the world championship

A month after her 30th birthday, Nora Drakou is not only still swimming at a high level, but she is also managing to improve herself.

The Patras champion today set a national record in the 50 meters. supine position with 27.96, during the “Faro-Elena Sairi” rally, which is taking place in Alexandroupolis.

She even achieved an unfulfilled goal, “going down” for the first time in 28 seconds, since her previous record was exactly 28.00 and she had set it on May 21, 2016, when she finished fourth at the European Championship in London.

Nora Drakou ready to participate in her sixth World Swimming Championships

With today’s performance, Drakou also reached the limit for the World Cup in Budapest (he already had the limit for the European in Rome) and is preparing for his sixth participation in the World Cup.

At the same time, at 50m. The men’s supine Apostolos Christou managed a performance of 25.24 and George Spanoudakis 25.37, both confirming the limit for the European Championships in Rome.

source: iefi merida