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The French swimmer finished third behind Italy’s Thomas Secon and Portugal’s Diogo Matos Ribeiro on Monday after the 50m butterfly final at Fukuoka Worlds.
Another charm of the tricolor clan. Projected track #4 Maxime Grosset settled for the bronze medal on Monday, July 24, in the 50-meter butterfly final in Fukuoka (Japan). Slower than in the series (22’74) and in the semi-finals (22’72), where he broke the French record twice, New Caledonia set a time of 22’82 for second place.Behind the Italian Thomas Secon and the Portuguese Diogo Matos Ribeiro.
“I’m a little disappointed, I’m first in the heats and semi-finals, there’s only a third. But we won’t spit on a world medal, it’s still good. It’s the third, not the last, I hope. I think I could make a better touch. I added an arm, so I really lost a lot of time. Still, I felt very good in this race.”Explained Maxime Grost after his race.
Vice European Champion In Rome in 2022, the French swimmer nevertheless won his first world medal in the event. His third long individual track after a silver and bronze in Budapest last year. He has it now 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly, but also relays to increase his harvest.
Interview conducted by our Special Correspondent Quentin Ramlet
