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- Updated: December 8, 2016
World S/C Championships
Windsor, Day 2
Men’s 100m breaststroke
More than Mitch Larkin among 2015 World champions who struggled to follow up at the Olympic Games this year, Marco Koch found himself locked out of the medals altogether in Rio, his last place finish in the 200m breaststroke a thundering disappointment to German hopes in the pool.
This evening in Windsor, Koch raised the prospect of the breaststroke double, the 200m ahead of him, the 100m crown in the bag in 56.77sec. No Peaty, Van Der Burgh out in the rounds and the clock slower than it has been on previous occasions but a win is a win, Koch’s stamina over 200m shining through under the circumstances.
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