Next Off The Blocks: Adam Madarassy and Andrei Radzionau
August 13, 2008 | Swimming & Diving
Aug. 13, 2008
University of Louisville swimmers Adam Madarassy and Andrei Radzionau are up next at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Both are scheduled to swim Thursday morning.
Adam Madarassy will swim in heat 3 in the 100-butterfly. He qualified for the Hungarian National Team in this event by posting a time of 54.28. The world record was set by Ian Crocker when he went 50.40 in Montreal in 2005.
Madarassy swept both the 100- and 200-fly at the BIG EAST Championship. He was also on the championship 200- and 400-medley relay and the 200 and 400-free relay teams.
Andrei Radzionau, who will swim in heat 9 in the 50-free, set the Belarus National Record of 22.72 to qualify for the Olympics. The world record is held by Eamon Sullivan who posted a time of 21.28. Radzionau was a BIG EAST champion, the BIG EAST Swimmer of the Year and an NCAA participant.
