{"id":587458,"date":"2024-06-15T11:04:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T18:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=587458"},"modified":"2024-06-15T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T18:04:16","slug":"olympic-trials-day-1-prelims-swim-off-danny-kovac-holds-off-benjamin-cono-to-reach-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-trials-day-1-prelims-swim-off-danny-kovac-holds-off-benjamin-cono-to-reach-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Trials Day 1 Prelims Swim-off: Danny Kovac Holds off Benjamin Cono to Reach Semis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic Trials Day 1 Prelims Swim-off: Danny Kovac Holds off Benjamin Cono to Reach Semis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It didn’t take long for the first swim-off of the 2024 Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n

The men’s 100 breaststroke saw a tie for eighth, which with semifinals, didn’t need a swim-off.<\/p>\n

But there was also a tie for 16th, which needed a swim-off for the last spot in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

SMU’s Danny Kovac<\/strong> and Benjamin Cono<\/strong> each swam a 1:00.80 in the prelims to set up a second swim to determine the 16th seed in the semis.<\/p>\n

They nearly tied again as Kovac finished in 1:00.47.<\/p>\n

Cono was just behind in 1:00.50 as three hundredths of a second separated the duo.<\/p>\n

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