Mykhailo Romanchuk Dominates Men’s 400 Free European Final

(140817) -- Nanjing,Aug 17,2014 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine celebrates in the final of Men's 400m Freestyle of Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of east China?s Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 17, 2014. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua) (txt)
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Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuk became the first man to win a European championship in 2018 with a dominant win in the men’s 400 free. He led almost wire-to-wire, and his final time of 3:45.18 ranked him third in the world for 2018 behind the past two Olympic gold medalists in the event, Mack Horton and Sun Yang.

Norway’s Henrik Christiansen finished third in 3:47.07, and Germany’s Henning Muehlleitner edged out Austria’s Felix Aubock for third, 3:47.18 to 3:47.24. Sweden’s Victor Johansson touched fifth in 3:47.74.

Other finalists included the Czech Republic’s Jan Micka (3:48.46), Germany’s Poul Zellman (3:48.97) and Poland’s Wojciech Wojdak (3:49.08).

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