Somov Advances to 100 Breaststroke Semifinals on Day 1 of Olympic Games

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PARIS -- The 2024 Paris Olympic Games began bright and early for the University of Louisville swimmers, who were off the blocks beginning at 5 a.m. ET Saturday morning at the Paris La Défense Arena.

The highlight of the first session came when Evgenii Somov advanced to the semifinals of the 100M breaststroke after posting a 59.83 to qualify 13^th overall. Caspar Corbeau, who swims for Texas, put up the fastest prelim time, going 59.04. A tightly contested semifinal is on tap as there is just .96 difference from the top to bottom in the field. The semifinals will run Saturday afternoon at 3:10 ET.

Denis Petrashov, who swims the 100M breaststroke for Israel, boarded a 1:00.42 to finish 23^rd overall.

Distance expert Ilia Sibirtsev, swimming for Uzbekistan, was third in his heat of the 400M freestyle, touching in 3:51.52 and 26^th overall. Germany's Lukas Martens will be the top qualifier going into the semifinals after boarding a 3:44.13.

In the first relay event of the Paris Games, the Cardinals had two swimmers on the blocks. Andrej Barna anchored Serbias 4x100 with the fastest split of the four with a 47.42 as the Serbs boarded a 3:14.68 to touch fifth in their heat and 11^th overall. Denis Loktev swam the third leg for Israel and split 48.87 as the Israelis touched in 3:15.41 to finish third in their heat and 13^th overall. The top eight teams advance.

WATCH THE CARDS
https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/sport/swimming

RESULTS
https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/2943/olympic-games-paris-2024/results?discipline=SW&disciplines=SW

SCHEDULE
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/swimming?day=27-july

CARDINALS IN PARIS
SWIMMING (July 27 – August 4)
Name – Country –Date (event)
Nicolas Albiero – Brazil 7/30 (200 Butterfly)
Andrej Barna – Serbia 7/27 (4x100 Freestyle Relay)
Daria Golovaty – Israel 8/1: (4x200 Freestyle Relay)
Denis Loktev – Israel 7/27 (4x100 Freestyle Relay); 7/28 (200 Freestyle) 7/30: 4x200 Freestyle Relay
Denis Petrashov – Kyrgyzstan 7/27 (100 Breaststroke); 7/30 200 Breaststroke
Murilo Sartori – Brazil 7/30: (4x200 Freestyle Relay)
Ilia Sibirtsev – Uzbekistan 7/29 800 Freestyle
Evgenii Somov – Neutral 7/27 (100 Breaststroke)

Diving (August 5)
Else Praasterink – Netherlands (10M Platform)

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Somov Advances to 100 Breaststroke Semifinals on Day 1 of Olympic Games

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