Germany’s Lukas Maertens has the primary swimming medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics after successful the lads’s 400-meter freestyle Saturday.
Maertens was going at a world document tempo at one level within the race, however his remaining flip knocked him off that tempo. Nonetheless, he completed sturdy and took gold.
Australia’s Elijah Winnington, who gave Maertens a scare down the stretch, secured a silver medal, and South Korea’s Kim Woomin received bronze.
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Lukas Maertens of Group Germany celebrates after successful gold with Oliver Klemet of Group Germany after the lads’s 400-meter freestyle on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Paris La Protection Area July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (Sarah Stier/Getty Pictures)
Maertens was gunning for his compatriot Paul Biedermann’s world document of three:40.07, which was set in Rome in 2009, however he completed with a remaining time of three:41.78.
Winnington and Woomin have been shut, ending at 3:42.21 and three:42.50 respectively.
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For the U.S., Aaron Shackell, a 19-year-old from Mission Viego, California, made the ultimate however completed in final with a time of three:47.
Lukas Maertens of Germany competes within the males’s 100-meter breaststroke heats on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Paris La Protection Area July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (Jean Catuffe/Getty Pictures)
That is solely the beginning of Maertens’ Olympic journey. He’s additionally scheduled for the 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter backstroke for Germany.
Maertens competed within the Tokyo Video games, however he did not medal in 2021.
Maertens beforehand received gold on this occasion through the 2022 European Championships, although he was solely capable of safe bronze in each 2023 and 2024 on the earth championships.
Gold Medalist Lukas Martens of Group Germany poses together with his medal through the medal ceremony after the lads’s 400-meter freestyle remaining on day one of many Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Paris La Protection Area July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (Sarah Stier/Getty Pictures)
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There’s extra to come back for Maertens and his competitors for these Video games, however the German has set the bar with the primary Olympic gold medal of his profession and for his nation within the pool.
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