Loktev Finals in Relay, Petrashov and Barna Swim In Semifinal at Paris Olympics

PARIS -- The Cardinals were back in the water for the evening session of swimming in the semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Tuesday evening at the Paris La Defense Arena.

Israeli Denis Loktev led off the 4x200 relay with a split of 1:48.16 as Israel finished ninth in the finals with a time of 7:10.22. Great Britain was the only foursome to go sub 7 minutes with the gold medal time of 6:59.43.

In the 100M freestyle semifinals, Cardinal sprinter Andrej Barna boarded a 48.11 for Serbia to finish 14^th overall. China's Zhanie Pan enters the finals as the favorite after going 47.21. Barna, a 17-time All-American for the Cards, did not advance to the finals.

Denis Petrashov was seventh in the 200M breaststroke in his semifinal heat, posting a 2:10.19. Petrashov wFrance's Leon Marchand, who swims collegiately for Arizona State, boarded a 2:08.11 to lead the field in tomorrow's finals.

Next up for the Cardinals is signee Daria Golovaty of Israel, who will swim in the 4x200 free relay on Aug. 1.

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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Loktev Finals in Relay, Petrashov and Barna Swim In Semifinal at Paris Olympics

Players Mentioned

Denis Loktev

Denis Petrashov

Else Praasterink

Murilo Sartori

Ilia Sibirtsev

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