Ross Murdoch, Marco Koch 1-2 in 200 Breast Semis at Euros

Photo Courtesy: British Swimming

Great Britain’s Ross Murdoch paced semis in the men’s 200-meter breast at the 2016 European Championships.

Murdoch hit the wall in a time of 2:09.72, just off his seventh-ranked season best of 2:09.16 from British Nationals.

Germany’s Marco Koch, the top-ranked swimmer in the world with a 2:07.69 from the Euro Meet, took second in semis with a 2:09.82.

Finland’s Matti Mattsson (2:10.10), Iceland’s Anton McKee (2:10.91), Sweden’s Erik Persson (2:11.22), Greece’s Panagiotis Samilidis (2:11.22), Russia’s Mikhail Dorinov (2:11.25) and Italy’s Luca Pizzini (2:11.54) also made the finale.

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