2026 ACROPOLIS SWIM OPEN
The 2026 Acropolis Swim Open wrapped final night time from Athens, Greece, however not earlier than 20-year-old Apostolos Siskos fired off one other nationwide document to conclude his marketing campaign.
Racing within the ultimate of the boys’s 200m butterfly, Siskos produced a brand new lifetime better of 1:56.13 to dominate the sector, hitting the only time of the pack beneath the two:00 barrier.
Turkish swimmer Yusuf Kuscu was subsequent to the wall, nicely behind in 2:00.38, adopted by Georgios Kalandros, who rounded out the rostrum in 2:00.43.
As for Siskos, his 1:56.13 overtook his earlier lifetime better of 1:56.42 notched within the semi-finals of the occasion on the 2024 European Championships. There in Serbia, Siskos finally positioned fifth in a barely slower results of 1:56.44.
The previous Greek nationwide document stood on the 1:56.23Â Stefanos Dimitriadis placed on the books over a decade in the past on the 2015 World Championships; due to this fact, Siskos sliced .10 off that earlier outing to examine in because the quickest man ever from his nation.
Siskos cut up 26.13/29.85 (55.98)/30.27/29.88 to get the job finished and set up the brand new 1:56.13 Greek normal. He now sits simply outdoors the checklist of high 25 performers on the planet on the season.
You possibly can view the race video right here.
This was a strong follow-up to the huge 1:54.12 200m backstroke Greek nationwide document Siskos notched on day one to rank #1 on the planet in the intervening time.
