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Mladenovic reaches European Championship final in 200m breaststroke with new record

Luka Mladenovic has qualified for the European Championship final with a new OSV record.

12 August 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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Austrian swimmer Luka Mladenovic has reached the country's first final at the long course European Championships in Paris. On Wednesday, the 22-year-old finished second overall in the semifinals of the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:08.85 minutes.

With this time, Mladenovic broke the existing Austrian record by 1.03 seconds, which was previously set at 2:09.88 minutes. The final will take place on Thursday at 7:29 PM.

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