{"id":511456,"date":"2022-08-15T10:41:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T17:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=511456"},"modified":"2022-08-15T11:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:39:26","slug":"european-championships-apostolos-christou-wins-50-back-in-greek-record-out-touches-local-hero-thomas-ceccon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-apostolos-christou-wins-50-back-in-greek-record-out-touches-local-hero-thomas-ceccon\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships: Apostolos Christou Wins 50 Back In Greek Record; Out-Touches Local Hero Thomas Ceccon"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Championships: Apostolos Christou Wins 50 Back In Greek Record; Out-Touches Local Hero Thomas Ceccon<\/h3>\n

Apostolos Christou<\/strong> set a Greek record of 24.36 en-route to the gold medal in the 50 backstroke at the European Championships<\/strong> in Rome.<\/p>\n

It was a fourth European medal for Christou but his first in the 50m, having claimed bronze in the 100 back at the last three editions, as he took 0.03 off his national mark of 24.39 from the World Championships in June.<\/p>\n

He led all the way and out-touched Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> despite his best efforts in the second 25, the Italian taking silver in 24.40, also a national record.<\/p>\n

Ole Braunschweig<\/strong> of Germany was third in 24.68.<\/p>\n